Day v. Louisiana Western R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Edmund Dennis Miller, Judge. Action by Annie Day, individually and as natural tutrix, against the Louisiana Western Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
This case comes up on appeal from a verdict and judgment awarding damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband, the father of her minor children, resulting from the supposed negligence of the defendant, by whom the deceased was employed as a switchman; the facts being as follows:
The deceased had been in defendant’s employ as an inspector in its yard at Lake Charles for some 18 months, and was then assigned to duty as a switchman, and worked in that capacity for about 2 months, when he met with the accident from which the suit arises.
It appears that on January…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Bell v. Globe Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Towns v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1885
- Satterly v. MorganSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
- Wallis v. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad & SteamshipSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1886
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