Hardy v. Daigre-Gilbert Undertaking

This suit was filed as the result of an intersectional collision that occurred in mid-afternoon on August 27, 1948 between a bus owned and being driven at the time by the plaintiff, and an ambulance owned by the defendant and being operated by one of its employees. Plaintiff has joined defendant's liability insurer, the Standard Accident Insurance Company. The collision occurred at the intersection of North 19th Street and Gracie Street in the City of Baton Rouge.

Plaintiff alleged that his bus entered the intersection before the ambulance and had its front end beyond the center line of Gracie…