Sammons v. New Orleans Ry. & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Ered D. King, Judge. Separate suits by lone Cecil Sammons, Rose Muriel Sammons, Angus Marion D. Sammons, Meredith Kerker Sammons, and Angus Marion D. Sammons, tutor, against the New Orleans Railway & Light Company, all of which were consolidated with suit of Rose Muriel Sammons and tried together by agreement.
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Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Ered D. King, Judge. Separate suits by lone Cecil Sammons, Rose Muriel Sammons, Angus Marion D. Sammons, Meredith Kerker Sammons, and Angus Marion D. Sammons, tutor, against the New Orleans Railway & Light Company, all of which were consolidated with suit of Rose Muriel Sammons and tried together by agreement. Judgment for defendant rejecting the plaintiffs’ demands, and on plaintiffs’ joint motion a petition for a devolutive appeal was granted.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
Each of the plaintiffs filed a separate suit against the defendant for damages for the killing of their father in a street car accident. On motion of the plaintiffs’ attorneys, to which the defendant’s attorneys consented, the five suits were ordered consolidated. When the cases were called for trial, the attorneys for the plaintiffs *733and the defendant agreed that the five suits should be tried as one; that the court should render one judgment in all five suits, stating, if there should be judgment for the plaintiffs, how much should be allowed to each; and that, in the event of an appeal,…
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