Legal Opinion
Byrd v. Napoleon Avenue Ferry Company
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided November 5, 1954No. 2490PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WRIGHT, District Judge.
Libellant is the widow of Merrill Byrd, who was drowned when a vehicle driven by himself, in company of his wife, fell into the Mississippi River in debarking from a ferry operated by respondent. Alleging that the accident was caused by the negligence of respondent, libellant asks damages for her own injuries, as well as for the death of her husband.
Respondent operates a ferry running across the Mississippi River between Napoleon Avenue, in the City of New Orleans, on the east bank of the river, and the unincorporated town of Marrero, in the Parish of Jefferson, on the…
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