Khoury v. Louisiana Western Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Winston Over-ton, Judge. Action by Mrs. Sarah Khoury and others against the Louisiana Western Railway Company. From a judgment for defendant, plain tiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Albert Khoury -on April 28, 1914, was struck and killed by a fast passenger train of the defendant at the crossing of the track of said company with the main street of the town of Sulphur, in the parish of Calcasieu.
This suit was instituted by the widow of the deceased, individually and as tutrix of their minor children, to recover $18,000 damages for the death of the said Albert Khoury.
The case was tried before the judge alone, who rendered judgment in favor of the defendant.
The petition admits that the deceased saw the train approaching when he reached the south side of the track, but,…
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- Cook v. Louisiana & N. W. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
- Loftin v. Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- May v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
- Tatum v. Rock Island, A. & L. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
- Sutton v. Lee Logging Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
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