Crescent Cigar & Tobacco Co. v. Mire

Plaintiff sued defendant for the sum of $128.-95, property damage alleged to'have resulted from an intersectional automobile collision at St. Claude and Elysian Fields avenues on January 14,1931, about 1:45 p. m. Defendant filed exceptions of no right or cause of action, which were sustained by the trial judge and the suit dismissed. Plaintiff has appealed.

The pertinent allegations of the petition read as follows:

“3. That said driver was operating petitioner’s said vehicle down St. Claude Avenue in the direction of the Industrial Canal at a speed not in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per…