Ingram v. Louisiana & N. W. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eleventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Natchitoches; S. J. Henry, Judge. Action by R. T. Ingram against the Louisiana & Northwestern Railroad Company and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Plaintiff was employed -by defendant railroad company as section foreman, having supervision of some 6 miles of track, embracing the track on a trestle or bridge running some 1,600 feet over Black Lake, in Natchitoches parish. This bridge was at an average height of some 23 feet. While traversing this bridge plaintiff was overtaken by a locomotive drawing a logging train, and he was very severely injured.
The railroad company leased some 3 miles of its tracks tó the Frost-Johnson Lumber Company and its assignees, including the 1,600 feet of track over Black Lake. The lumber company assigned…
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