Legal Opinion

Sizemore v. Yazoo M. v. R. Co.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided December 13, 1935No. 5133PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TALIAFERRO, Judge.

Plaintiff brings this suit to recover damages for the loss of his left arm and right leg, by amputation, after these limbs had been crushed and mangled by a freight car of defendant in its yards in the city of Monroe, La., the night of August 11, 1933. An exception of no cause of action was sustained and the suit dismissed. From judgment to this effect, plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.

The petition sets up that plaintiff, accompanied by several, companions, was en route from the C. C. C. Camp, at Bas-trop, La., to his home in Jackson parish, and went onto defendant’s…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Blackburn v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
  2. Lampkin v. McCormickSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
  3. Downing v. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railway & Steamship Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
  4. Fils v. Iberia, St. M. & E. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
  5. Chargois v. Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1921

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. SaiaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
  2. Kaplan v. Missouri Pacific R. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
  3. Hogue v. Akin Truck LineLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1944
  4. Burmaster v. Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal R. R. of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1937
  5. Doyle v. ThompsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1951

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