Joiner v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; W. E. Blackman, Judge. Action by Mrs. Elocie Joiner and husband against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. Erom a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvostx, J.
Plaintiff was a passenger on the train of the defendant company from Port Allen, opposite Baton Rouge, to Alexandria. The train was composed of five cars, besides the engine and tender, namely, a mail and baggage ear, a coach, part smoker and part for colored people, a chair car, and a sleeper. Plaintiff was in the chair car. As the train was entering Alexandria, at a speed of about 45 miles an hour, the engineer noticed that a switch was so set as to shunt his train to a side track upon which stood two freight cars. He shut off steam, put on the sand and the air brakes, and jumped. The…
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