Monroe v. Eager

JANVIER, J..On the night before Mardi Gras in the year 1929 plaintiff received injuries as the result of being struck and knocked down by an automobile owned and occupied by defendant. The negligence charged is that the automobile was being operated at a speed greater than was reasonable under the circumstances, and that the driver thereof, a young friend of defendant, was not keeping a proper lookout ahead.

Defendant contends that the driver of her car was not negligent either in the matter of speed or in the matter of keeping a proper lookout, and, in the alternative, aversi that, if there…