LeBlanc v. Checker Cab Co.

OPINION

WESTERFIELD, J.

Plaintiff in her own behalf, and on behalf of her four minor children, claims damages for the negligent killing of her husband, Joseph A. LeBlanc.

The accident, which resulted in the death of LeBlanc, occurred on the night of February 24, 1927, Mardi Graá, just after the passing of the Comus parade at St. Margaret’s Place at the intersection of Prytania and Clio Streets. A taxicab, operated by a servant of the defendant, struck plaintiff, as he stepped on the sidewalk, or, as some witnesses say, after he had reached the sidewalk on the river side of Prytania Street. He…