Belot v. Donnavan
Supreme Court of Louisiana
This case was tried before the Parish Court of New Orleans, Maurian, J. It was proved that the plaintiff was thrown down and driven over by a dray, belonging to and in the employment of the defendant; and that the injury ivas not the result of mere accident, but the consequence of rapid and Careless driving. submitted the case without argument. No counsel appeared for the appellant. •
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
This is an action to recover damages for an injury
received by the plaintiff, in consequence, of being run over by the defendant’s dray. He recovered two hundred dollars, and the defendant appealed. The case turns principally upon mere questions of fact; and on the merits nothing is shown which would justify our interference. There is, however, a bill of exceptions in the record, which we are expected probably to notice, although the case has been submitted by the appellant without argument.
It appears that .on the trial, the plaintiff, in order to prove that the dray was owned by the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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