Hirsch v. L. R. & N. Co.

This suit was filed in June, 1924, for $2,045.50, as damages for a sprained ankle suffered in an accident which occurred on July 17, 1923.

*33Plaintiff alleges as follows:

On the evening of July 17, 1923, she was riding in an automobile driven by her son-in-law on the New Basin Shell Road, going toward Carrollton Avenue from West End, approaching the point at which the track of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company crosses the Shell Road and the New Basin Canal, where defendant ,maintains gates to warn travelers of the approach of trains. Articles V and VIII of the petition read as follows:

“Th…