Legal Opinion
Etress v. Shreveport Rys. Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 2, 1948No. 7135PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is a suit for damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff as the result of an accident while a paying passenger on a trolley bus operated by the defendant company. Judgment of the District Court, after trial on the merits, rejected plaintiff's demands, from which judgment she prosecutes this appeal.
The facts show that on September 19, 1945, plaintiff, Mrs. L.E. Etress, a widow, who was at the time 57 years of age, boarded a trolley bus of the defendant, Shreveport Railways Company, on the Fair Grounds route, at or about the hour of 3:30 p.m. The trolley proceeded uneventfully on…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hopkins v. New Orleans Railway & Light Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Kitsap County Transp. Co. v. HarveyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1926
- Jones v. Baton Rouge Electric Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
- Kvart v. Swedish American LineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Schonleben v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
3Cited by2 opinions
- Baker v. Shreveport Rys. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1953
- Pero v. Shreveport Railways Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1955