Blanchard v. New Orleans Public Service

This suit results from a collision between a street car, owned and operated by the New Orleans Public Service, Inc., and an omnibus, owned by Joseph Capone, doing business under the name of Capone Bus Line, and operated at the time by his employee, Joseph Pizzettier. The collision occurred at the intersection of Ursuline and N. Rampart Streets, in the City of New Orleans, when the bus ran into the street car near its rear end, after having struck a post on the neutral ground of Rampart Street.

The plaintiff, Miss Anna Blanchard, was a passenger in the bus and, as a result of the impact with…