Black v. Rock Island, A. & L. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; W. F. Blackman, Judge. Action by Amos A. Black against the Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisiana Railroad Company and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
.Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained through the fault of the defendants. Defendants deny, generally and specially, the allegations of the petition, and allege that plaintiff was a trespasser on their railroad, and was injured through his own negligence. There was judgment in the district court in favor of plaintiff for the sum of 817,000, with interest, and the defendants, the Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisiana Railroad Company and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, have appealed.
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- Philadelphia & Reading Railroad v. DerbySupreme Court of the United States · 1853
- Barmore v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1904
- Williams v. Pullman Palace Car Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1888
- Euting v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
- Nelson v. Crescent City RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897
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