Thompson v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Bightor, J. A railway is liable to persons whom it accepts for transportation over its line, and from whom it. demands no fare, to the same extent that it is liable to passengers who pay fare.
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APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Bightor, J. A railway is liable to persons whom it accepts for transportation over its line, and from whom it. demands no fare, to the same extent that it is liable to passengers who pay fare. Thus, in P. & R. R. R. vs. Derby, 14 Howard, 468, the plaintiff, the president of another line, and a shareholder of the corporation defendant, having been injured while being carried over the defendant’s line at the invitation of its president, judgment upon a verdict for the plaintiff was affirmed in error, Grier, J., saying the duty of…
1Opinion of the Court
*1111The opinion of the court was delivered by
Breaux, J.
The plaintiff claims damages for personal injuries sustained while on a special or private car by invitation of the general agent of the defendant.
He was struck in the light eye by the bell cord of the train. It, the contact with the bell cord, destroyed and tore away portion of the corner of his right eye, and caused secondary iritis, with partial occlusion of the pupil.
Plaintiff furthers avers that the injury is permanent, and renders it impossible for him to have accurate vision with the impaired eye.
The defendant denies all liability, and…
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