Grant v. New Orleans Ry. & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Action by Nellie Grant, wife of T. Hurley, against the New Orleans Railway & Light Company. 'Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
This is an action in damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff as the result of the negligent starting of one of defendant’s street cars, from which, as a passenger, she was alighting.
The testimony of plaintiff and her witnesses, taken as a whole, as to the more important facts, may be summarized as follows:
She was 31 years old and weighed 187 pounds at the time of the accident. She boarded the car in question on the morning of December 23, 1908, incumbered with a valise (sometimes called “satchel,” and at other times, called “grip”), a basket, containing cake…
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