Legal Opinion

Schick v. Jenevein

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 2, 1919No. 23089PublishedCited by 38 opinions

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge. Action by Christina Mattern, widow of Louis Schick, against Joseph Jenevein. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.

While it is true, as indicated in our original opinion herein, that the testimony is conflicting, the witnesses for plaintiff and defendant ascribing the fault which occasioned the collision to the other side, instead of the one for which they were respectively sworn, and that a larger number of witnesses were sworn for defendant than for plaintiff, yet, when we come to read the testimony of the defendant himself, he virtually admits that the deceased had complied with the “law of the road,” and that the collision occurred as the result of his (defendant’s) inability to get his rear wheels…

2Cited by38 opinions

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