Franicevich v. Lirette

JANVIER, Judge.

This suit for damages was brought by Joseph Franicevich for the death of his wife, a pedestrian who was struck by the car of the defendant, Jules John Lirette, as she was crossing a highway in the Town of Buras, Louisiana, at about two o’clock on a clear afternoon.

The charge of negligence is that when Mrs. Franicevich had almost crossed the first lane of the paved highway, the car owned and driven by defendant struck her and “knocked her to the pavement”; that the said Lirette was operating the car at excessive speed, gave no warning, did not swerve his car, and did not take…