Duvic v. Friedrichs & Dupas

JANVIER, J. ad hoc.

Plaintiff, a lady about sixty years of age, was a “prospect” riding in the automobile of the defendant, a real estate agent, when, as a result of a collision with another automobile, she was injured. On the afternoon on which the accident occurred, she had called at the office of Friedrichs and Dupas, real estate agents, with reference to an advertisement of certain property on Metairie Ridge. She wanted to make an investment and desired to investigate the advisability of investing in the lands whose virtues were set forth in the advertisement. At the office of Friedrichs &…