Burrage v. Tri-State Transit Co. of Louisiana

TALIAFERRO, Judge.

Plaintiff sues to recover $950, the amount of damages alleged to have been done to his truck, trailer, and winch, by defendant’s bus, negligently and carelessly driven by its operator on the Greenwood road, seven miles west of the city of Shreveport, the morning of March 15, 1932. He also sues to recover $100 for the loss of profits to him on account of being deprived of the use of his said property for ten days. Other amounts were sued for, but demands for these were dismissed or abandoned.

Defendant denies negligence and liability on its part for the injury to plaintiff’s…