Marquis v. Hartford Accident Indemnity Co.

This appeal involves a collision between two automobiles. The locus of the accident was Canal and St. Charles Streets. Canal Street, which runs from the river toward the lake, is the main thoroughfare of New Orleans, and in its center is an extremely wide paved neutral ground, upon which street cars are operated. St. Charles Street runs at a right angle from Canal Street toward uptown. Royal Street is opposite St. Charles, and runs from Canal toward downtown. Traffic travels only in an uptown direction on both Royal and St. Charles Streets.

Vehicular and pedestrian traffic traversing this very…