Buras v. Southern Coffee Mills, Ltd.

This suit results from a collision between a Studebaker sedan and a half-ton Ford truck, at the intersection of Third and Dryades Streets at about 9:30 A. M. of May 25, 1928. Plaintiff, the owner of the Studebaker sedan, sues for damages to his automobile which, it is admitted, amounted to the sum of $710.

There was judgment below in favor of defendant dismissing plaintiff’s suit and plaintiff has appealed.

Plaintiff’s car, which was in charge of a negro chauffeur by the name of Clarence Wills, was being driven out Third Street in the direction of Lake Pontchartrain. Defendant’s truck was…