Louisiana Court of Appeal April 1, 1929, No. 11,424 (Scallan v. Checker Cab Co.)

JANVIER, J.

Plaintiff claims to have been injured while a passenger in one of defendant’s taxicabs on the morning of May 29, 1927, at about 4:40 o’clock. He testifies that, as a result of the chauffeur’s negligence in driving at too rapid a rate of speed over the street car tracks at the intersection of Rampart and Ursuline Streets, he was projected from the rear seat so suddenly and violently