Builliard v. N. O. Terminal Co.

Plaintiff, a negro carpenter 54 years of age, files this suit for damages resulting from injuries received by him in jumping off a railroad bridge, owned and operated by the defendant, over Bayou St. John in the city of New Orleans.

The main defenses to the suit are: (1) That the plaintiff was a trespasser or a mere licensee upon the private property of the defendant, and that, under the law, defendant owed him no duty of care other than to not wantonly or willfully injure him; and (2) In the alternative, should the court find that the plaintiff was an invitee upon defendant's property and…