Legal Opinion
Oliphant v. Town of Lake Providence
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 1, 1938No. 5633PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DREW, Judge.'
Plaintiff instituted this suit seeking to recover of the Town of Lake Providence and its insurer, Maryland Casualty Com- • pany, damages in the sum of $27,000. She alleged that while in the act of crossing Davis street at the intersection of Davis and Second streets, in the town of Lake Providence, she was violently struck by an automobile, the property of said Town, being driven at the time by John Chaney, in the furtherance of the business of said Town.
The negligence alleged is that the car was driven across the intersection at a speed in excess of fifty miles per hour and that…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Buechner v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- Haluptzok v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- McDonald v. StellwagonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
- Quatray v. WickerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1931
- Gauvereau v. Checker Cab Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1930
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3Cited by4 opinions
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