Haywood v. Noel

WESTEEEIELD, Judge.

Miss Bessie Haywood, a feme sole, brought this suit against Bert Noel, Times Picayune Publishing Company, his employer, and the Employer’s Liability Assurance Corporation, Inc., the insurance carrier of the Times Picayune Publishing Company, Inc., in solido, for damages alleged to have been sustained as a result of being knocked down by an automobile, owned and operated by Bert Noel, on November 16, 1932, at the intersection of Camp and Lafayette streets.

Noel failed to answer or defend the suit, and judgment was rendered against him by default. The other defendants filed a…