Wald v. Board of Commissioners

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries against the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and the Union Automobile Insurance Co. of Los Angeles, Cal., in solido. Defendants denied liability on the ground that the chauffeur of defendants was not at fault, and set up certain special defenses and a plea of contributory negligence. There was judgment in favor of defendants and plaintiff has appealed.

The conclusion we have reached on the facts makes it unnecessary to state the special defenses.

The record shows that on December 16, 1926, at 11:30 a. m., plaintiff was a…