Mongogna v. Illinois Cent. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Certiorari to Court of Appeal, Parish of Orleans. Action by Charles Mongogna against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff was reversed by the Court of Appeal, and plaintiff applies for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtNicholls, J.
We have ordered up this case for review on an application which recites : That the plaintiff obtained judgment against the defendant in the civil district court for the parish of Orleans for $200, the value of a mule killed upon the tracks of the defendant in the open country; his action being based on Act No. 70, p. 109, of 1886. That defendant appealed to the Court of Appeal, which court reversed the judgment of *313the district court and dismissed his action, holding that his mule thus killed upon the railroad track was a trespasser, and that the railroad company owed “it” no duty, except not…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Becker v. L. & N. R. R.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
- McGuire v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
- McClanahan v. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
- Scheffler v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Mobile & Ohio Railroad v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Belden v. RobertsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1926
- Sanders v. Illinois Cent. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Pinckley v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1936
- Boyd v. Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1933
- Hollingsworth v. Houston, East & West Texas Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1927
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