Legal Opinion
Brown v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided October 13, 1955No. Civ. A. 3262PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WRIGHT, District. Judge.
The defendant operates a commuter train between Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana. At Pendleton Crossing, near New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 22, 1950, that train was in collision with a truck being driven by Mitchell A. Brown, who was killed. Brown’s widow, on behalf of herself and her minor children, has brought this action for damages charging negligence on the part of the railroad in causing the death of her husband.
’ The intersection at which the accident occurred is formed by unpaved Pendleton Road leading to the Pendleton Shipyard and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Jackson v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Rottman v. BeverlySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
- Bergeron v. Department of HighwaysSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
3Cited by17 opinions
- Newton v. PacilloLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Allstate Insurance Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
- Moore v. Shreveport Transit CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
- Gloria Mae Brown, in Person, and on Behalf of Her Minor Children, Joann and Velda Marie v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Nathan R. Underwood and Richard M. Murray, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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