Chopin v. Levy

Plaintiff, Miss Chopin, was a guest in the automobile owned and operated by defendant De La Vergne, when at about 9:30 o’clock on the night of December 29, 1925, it was in collision at the corner of Carondelet and Bordeaux streets, with an automobile owned and operated by the other defendant, Levy.

The De La Vergne car was proceeding down Carondelet street in the direction of Canal street, and the Levy car was being driven out Bordeaux street towards the lake. The night was dark and misty, and there had been a light rain falling during the late afternoon and early evening, with the result that…