Legal Opinion

Downing v. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railway & Steamship Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 15, 1900No. 13,479PublishedCited by 24 opinions

APPEAL from the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, Parish of St. Mary — A Hen, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by Nicholls, C. J.

Nicholls, C. J.

This suit is brought by Mrs. Mary S. Downing in her own right and as tutrix of the minors, issue of her marriage with Isaac E. Downing, deceased.

Her demand is based upon allegations that the defendant company owns and operates a railroad which runs through the parish of St. Mary and through the populous village of Berwick in said parish, and runs through its principal street from east to west, dividing the town into that portion lying north of said railroad, and that portion lying south of said railroad; that the…

2Cited by24 opinions

  1. Harrison v. Louisiana Western R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
  2. Eichorn v. New Orleans & C. R., Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
  3. McFarland v. Illinois Central Railroad CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
  4. Ortolano v. Morgan's L. & T. R. & S. S. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
  5. Mitchell v. Illinois Cent. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903

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