Dupuy v. Veazey

REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Eloise Dupuy, surviving spouse of Joseph N. Dupuy, instituted this suit against defendant, Richard E. Veazey, endeavoring to recover the sum of $23,425 for the wrongful death of her husband, which occurred in the intersection of St. Charles Avenue and Terpsichore Street, between three and four o’clock a. m. on January 21st, 1951, when Dupuy, a pedestrian, was struck by defendant’s vehicle as he attempted to cross the lakeside roadway of St. Charles Avenue.

Defendant answered and denied that he was guilty of any negligence; he asserted that Dupuy fell or threw himself in…