Toups v. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Co.

This is a damage suit, arising from a collision with plaintiff’s automobile with one of defendant’s eastbound freight trains at Marrero, Louisiana. The accident occurred at 4:30 p. m., September 1, 1922, where defendant’s tracks intersect or cross the Barataría Highway. At this point, running parallel to defendant’s main tracks, and to the north or river side of them, are two other tracks belonging to the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company, as well as a spur track of the latter company.

The only occupants of the automobile were the plaintiffs herein, (husband and wife), who respectively seek…