Downey v. Baton Rouge Electric & Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge; Harney Felix Brunot, Judge. Action by Lawrence Downey and wife against the Baton Rouge Electric & Gas Company and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProyosty, J.
One of the passenger electric cars of the defendant company, doing service as a motor car, was going down Government street in the city of Baton Rouge, pushing ahead of it three platform cars loaded with débris from a torn-up street-pavement. When the front end of the train reached St. Napoleon street, which crosses Government street at right angles, the little *483son of plaintiffs, a child 8 years and 10 months old, and several other persons were on the sidewalk at the lower, or further, left-hand corner. The child suddenly darted from among the crowd, and attempted to cross the street ahead of…
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- Lynch v. KnoopSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
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