Jones v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Action by Mrs. Nora M. Jones, administratrix, against the Kansas City Southern Railway Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
This is a suit for damages for the death of the plaintiff’s husband, father of her three minor children, who was killed in a wreck of a passenger train on which he was employed as engineer by the defendant company.
The plaintiff claimed $30,000 damages, $15,000 for her loss of her husband’s support, and $5,000 on behalf of each child. The action was brought under the Employers’ Liability Act of Congress of the 22d of April, 1908, amended by the act of the 5th of April, 1910. The plaintiff’s husband was killed while employed as engineer on a locomotive pulling a passenger train of the defendant…
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- Mitchell v. Illinois Cent. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- Lee v. Toledo, ST. L. & W. RY. CO.District Court, E.D. Illinois · 1912
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