Tommie v. Little River Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; W. F. Blackman, Judge. Action by J. B. Tommie against the Little River Lumber Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiff sued the defendant for $25,500 damages for the loss of a foot, which was crushed in a cogwheel of a Shay locomotive operated on a tram railroad, alleged to belong to the defendant.
The petition alleges in substance: That plaintiff, on June 8, 1912, was working in the employ of the defendant as a cross-haul loader. That the defendant operated a train on said tramroad for the purpose of carrying employes to and from their work. That plaintiff, owing to the fact that he had a team to care for after the day’s hauling was done and before the day’s hauling commenced, rarely used said…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Holmes ex rel. Holmes v. Cromwell & Spencer Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
3Cited by2 opinions
- Leverett v. White Sulphur Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
- Bonner v. Louisiana Central Lumber Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1935