Siragusa v. Illinois Cent. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish, of Tangipahoa; W. S. Rownd, Judge. Action by Flank Siragusa and others against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
On February 20, 1919, plaintiffs instituted suit against defendant railroad company, at that time operated under federal control, to recover damages for the death of their father, alleged to have occurred June 9, 1918, at a crossing in a collision between a train of defendant company and a wagon in which deceased was riding at the time of the accident.
Plaintiffs prayed for a judgment for damages in their favor against the railroad company. Defendant peremptorily excepted to plaintiffs’ alleged cause of action in so far as same related to said company, on the ground that on October 28, 1918,…
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