Bionto v. Illinois Cent. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Robert S. Ellis, Judge. Action by Peter Bionto against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
This is an action for damages in the sum of $20,000 on account of the death of Marino, the young son of the plaintiff, Jeanne Bionto and Peter Bi-onto.
The deceased was not 21 years of age.
An engine and train of the defendant road ran over and mangled his body. This was on the 21st day of January, 1907, at twilight, between 5 and 6 o’clock.
He was sent to the Charity Hospital in New Orleans and on the following day died.
Plaintiffs charge gross negligence and criminal carelessness of the agents and employes of the defendant road in running the freight train by which the young man was killed.
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