Fils v. Iberia, St. M. & E. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberia; James Simon, Judge. Action by Joseph Fils, tutor of certain minors, against the Iberia, St. Mary & Eastern Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
This case comes up on appeal from a judgment rejecting a demand for damages made by the tutor of the minors, Hope, on behalf of his wards, for the killing of their father, Riley Hope, who was run over, with fatal result, by one of defendant’s trains.
It is shown that the accident occurred between 5:30 and 6:15 p. m. of Saturday, March 8, 1913; that the train involved consisted of an engine, a gondola, four flat cars, and a caboose; that it was moving westward, through the western suburb of Jeanerette, at the rate of 6 or 8 miles an hour (somewhat reduced at…
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- Barnhill v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
- Cook v. Louisiana & N. W. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
- Weeks v. New-Orleans & Carrollton R. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
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