Wolf v. New Orleans Ry. & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Action by Alice B. Wolf and others'against the New Orleans Railway & Light Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The mother of the plaintiffs was knocked down by one of the electric cars of the defendant company as she was attempting to pass in front of the car intending to board it. Her skull was fractured from coming in contact with the pavement, and she died from this injury on the nest day. The plaintiffs attribute the accident to the negligence of the defendant company and claim damages.
St. Charles avenue, down which the car was going, is very wide, having, besides the sidewalks, two asphalted carriage ways, with a grassed neutral ground between them. Upon this neutral ground are the double tracks…
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