Wallace v. Tremont & G. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Winn; W. L. Bagwell, Special Judge. Action by Mrs. Ada Machen Wallace against the Tremont & Gulf Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
O. K. Wallace, husband of the plaintiff, while employed as brakeman of the defendant, received fatal injuries from which he died within 12 hours; and this suit is for damages, under allegations of negligence on the part of the employer on the ground that the train crew was insufficient in number, and that the track over which the train was being operated was defective. The answer admits the injury and death, but denies that the accident was occasioned by any fault or negligence on the part of the defendant, and avers that same was occasioned by negligence on the part of plaintiff, with the…
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