Townsend v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

This is a personal injury suit growing out of an accident which occurred at Tioga, Louisiana, on July 9, 1923, in which a Ford truck, occupied and driven by plaintiff, was struck by a gondola or coal car on a spur or switch track of the defendant company, resulting in serious injury to the plaintiff.

Plaintiff brought suit for $20,000. The case was tried before the court in May, 1924. The court found for plaintiff and gave judgment against the defendant for the sum of $6,000. Defendant has appealed.

Plaintiff was employed by the Lee Lumber Company to deliver ice, for which purpose he used a…