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BYRD v. NAPOLEON AVENUE FERRY COMPANY

No. 2490.

125 F.Supp. 573 (1954)

Mrs. Katie Lyons BYRD, Libellant, v. The NAPOLEON AVENUE FERRY COMPANY, Inc., Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

November 5, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. C. Scharff, Gordon B. Hyde, New Orleans, La., for libellant.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks & Claverie, John W. Sims, New Orleans, La., for respondent.

WRIGHT, District Judge.

Libellant is the widow of Merrill Byrd, who was drowned when a vehicle driven by himself, in company of his wife, fell into the Mississippi River in debarking from a ferry operated by respondent. Alleging that the accident was caused by the negligence of respondent, libellant asks damages for her own injuries, as well as for the death of her husband.

Respondent operates a ferry running across the Mississippi River between Napoleon Avenue...

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