Folwell v. Demack Motor Car Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge. Action by Widow Joseph E. Eolwell against the Demack Motor Car Company and another. Erom a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvo Sty, J.
Plaintiff, a lady 70 years old, was struck and knocked down by an automobile as she was walking across the woods side roadway of St. Charles avenue, from the neutral ground to the woods side sidewalk, at the intersection of Walnut street. It was after dark, but light enough from the street lamps for plaintiff to be seen by the occupants of the automobile, and she was in fact seen by them before she had left the neutral ground. The automobile’s lamps Were burning properly. The roadway is asphalted, and 23 feet 6 inches wide.
Plaintiff says that when she started to cross she looked down the…
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