Sibley v. New Orleans City & Lake Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

Plaintiff brought this action against the defendant for the sum of fifty thousand dollars.

On the 14th of July, 1895, at about 12 o’clock at night, plaintiff was a passenger on the inbound West End train of the defendant railroad company. The car was a summer car. At the corner of Canal and Tonti streets he was knocked off this car by an electric light pole of the defendant light company. He was at the time riding upon the running steps of the ear that runs along the side from front to rear. He was standing on the up-town side of the ear. The…