BURNETT v. YELLOW CAB CO. OF SHREVEPORT

No. 7588.

50 So.2d 670 (1951)

BURNETT v. YELLOW CAB CO. OF SHREVEPORT, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Love & Bailey, Shreveport, for appellant.

Booth, Lockard & Jack, Shreveport, for appellee.


KENNON, Judge.

Alleging that while a fare paying passenger in a taxicab operated by defendant he sustained permanent and serious injuries as the result of the driver's negligence in proceeding at a high rate of speed over an uneven street intersection, plaintiff filed this suit for a total of $70,000.00 in damages. Specifically, the petition set forth that the cab driver, while proceeding easterly on St. Vincents Avenue in the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, drove...

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