Morris v. Illinois Cent. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; R. S. Ellis, Judge. Action by H. G. Morris against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Dr. H. G. Morris, a physician, sued the defendant company to recover the sum of $9,395.50.
The facts are: Late in the evening of March 18, 1909, he boarded a through train of the defendant company at McComb City to return to his home in Kentwood, La. He had a patient in Kentwood upon whom he desired to call at earliest possible moment.
He requested, and those in charge of defendant’s train granted his request, to be permitted to stop at Kentwood, although the train was not scheduled to stop at that place.
Travel on the regular passenger train would not have served his purpose; that is, of coming…
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