Anderson v. Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co.

McBRIDE, Judge.

The widow and major children of Charles Anderson, a colored man 58 years of age, instituted this suit to recover damages for his death which was caused by being struck by a truck owned by defendant, at about 7 o’clock p. m., on March 28, 1953, on Poydras Street, between Galvez and Broad Streets, at a point about 370 feet past Gal-vez Street. The defendant’s truck was being operated by its employee, Stanley R. McMahon, in a westerly direction, that is, towards Broad Street. Poydras Street, between Galvez and Broad, to the left is bounded by a 5-foot slightly elevated neutral…