Woodall v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish óf Jefferson; John E. Eleury, Judge. Suit by N. E. Woodall against the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company and others, and from a judgment taken by default,. the defendant named appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The defendant, Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company, appeals from a judgment taken by default, for $10,-000. The suit was for damages for the killing of plaintiff’s daughter, who, it is alleged, was run over by a freight train operated by the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Commission over the tracks of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company. The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Commission was cited as codefendant, and judgment was prayed for against the two railroads in solido; but, on an exception that the commission was not authorized by law to stand in judgment, the suit against…
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