Pizzitola v. Letellier Transfer Co.

McCALEB, Judge.

On March 15, 1935, at about 1:30 p. m., Vincent Pizzitola, a man seventy-four years of age, was standing beside a truck parked on the lake side of North Peters street near the intersection of St. Philip street in the city of New Orleans.

This section of New Orleans is adjacent to the “French Market,” and it is customary for vegetable trucks to park in rows at this point for the purpose of selling produce to the public. .

While Pizzitola was standing in the manner aforesaid, a dray owned by the Letellier Transfer Company, Inc., and operated by one Boyd, its employee, was traveling…