Howell v. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eourtli Judicial District Court, Parish, of Lincoln; J. B. Holstead, Judge. Suit by Mrs. Emma Howell and her divorced husband, George S. Long, against the Vicksburg,. Shreveport & Pacific Railway Company. Verdict for plaintiffs, judgment thereon, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Mrs. Emma Howell, and her divorced husband, George S. Long, sue defendant jointly for $46,000, for injury, suffering, and death of their minor daughter, Mary Long, aged eight years, who was run over by defendant’s train, through the alleged fault and negligence of defendant’s employes.
Defendant answered, admitting that Mary Long was struck by defendant’s engine, and that she received a flesh wound on one foot, but it denied that it was in any manner guilty of neglect or fault, and it alleged that the accident was unavoidable. It denied that death resulted from the accident.
In an amended…
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