Legal Opinion
Spillman v. Texas & Pac. Ry. Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 11, 1931No. 3991PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TALIAFERRO, J,
Apparently this suit is. brought by Mrs. Artemise Madine Spill-man, individually and as natural tutrix of her five minor children, to recover damages of the defendant railway company to the amount of' $25,000, for the death of John Spillman, her alleged husband.
It is alleged in the petition that between the hours of 1 and. 2 o’clock, the morning of December 6, 1926, a freight train of defendant company, through the gross carelessness and negligence of its agents and employees, and by them operated, ran into and struck said John Spillman at or near milepost . 224 on defendant’s…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lynch v. KnoopSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Vaughan v. Dalton-Lard Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Green v. New Orleans, S. & G. I. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Youchican v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- McConnell v. City of New Orleans, Yeatman, Woods & Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1860
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Floor-N-Wall Distributors, Inc. v. Chartres Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
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