Lucia v. De Lage

At about 4:30 o'clock on the morning of August 10, 1947, there was a collision between two automobiles at the corner of Poydras and Carondelet Streets in New Orleans. One of the cars, owned and driven by plaintiff, Lucia, was a taxicab which was on its way down Carondelet Street and the other, a Buick, driven by Joseph E. De Lage, Jr., was going in Poydras Street towards the Mississippi River. They met at just about the center of the wide intersection, the Buick striking the taxicab on the left, rear fender. The Buick stopped within a very few feet and the taxicab proceeded across Poydras…