Legal Opinion

Davis v. Alexandria & W. Ry. Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 3, 1919No. 23759PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; Jas. Andrews, Judge. Consolidated actions by Mrs. Earl Davis and others against the Alexandria & Western Railway Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

On Motion to Dismiss.

By the WHOLE COURT as then constituted. PRO YO STY, J.

Three separate suits, filed by three different plaintiffs are included in the record of this case. As these suits grew out of the same railway accident, and involved the same inquiry into the circumstances of the accident! they were consolidated for trial in the lower court. Judgment went against the plaintiffs, and an appeal was moved for and granted in each case. As the cases had been prosecuted in forma pauperis, and the appeals had been granted in the same form, it was not thought necessary to give bonds of appeal,…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Jeter v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1933
  2. Campbell Co. v. Texas P. Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1934
  3. Guidry v. Texas & N. O. R.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1952
  4. Moody v. Texas P. Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1948
  5. Franklin v. Louisiana & Arkansas Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1929

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