La Casse v. New Orleans, T. & M. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; B. H. Pavy, Judge. • Action by Evelina La Casse against the New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiff sues in damages for the death of her husband, alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the defendant company. He was employed by the defendant company in its roundhouse at Eunice, La. I-Iis functions consisted in receiving the locomotives that came to the roundhouse, taking care of them, and having them filled with water and steamed up, ready for. use, when called for. While he was steaming up an oil-burning locomotive, the crown sheet (which is the piece, or part, directly above the fire, separating it from the water in the boiler) gave way, by reason of the downward…
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