Legal Opinion
Higginbotham v. Public Belt Railroad Commission
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 31, 1938No. 34936Published
1Opinion
On Rehearing.
ODOM, Justice.
The facts relating to the employment of George Ernest Higginbotham, the character of the work which he was employed to do and was doing at the moment he' was killed, and the facts relating to the cause and manner of his death, are all stated in our original opinion and need not be repeated in detail.
If, as contended by counsel for the defendants, the Public Belt Railroad Commission is a common carrier by railroad engaged in interstate commerce and the Huey P. Long Bridge, which spans the Mississippi River, is an instrumentality used in interstate' commerce,…
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