Santos v. Duvic

Plaintiffs instituted this suit for damages for the death of their mother, who was fatally injured by an automobile owned and operated by the defendant at the intersection of Canal boulevard and Louque place, this city, on October 8, 1928, about 7 o’clock p. m. The charge of negligence against the defendant is that he ran down the deceased at the intersection, after she had practically negotiated it, while driving his car at an excessive and reckless rate of speed. Defendant denied the allegations of the petition and pleaded contributory negligence. There was judgment in favor of plaintiffs…