Legal Opinion
Butler v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided October 2, 1942No. 507PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORTERIE, District Judge.
The above two actions arose from an accident which occurred at Clay, Louisiana, in Jackson Parish, on December 20, 1940, in which accident the defendant’s train struck a truck owned and occupied by Fleming Butler but which was being driven at the time by Ira Lee Harris, who was killed as a result of the collision.
Fleming Butler instituted suit for $3,350.-00, representing personal injuries, damage to his truck, etc., and Iona Harris, widow of Ira Lee Harris, instituted suit for $20,-000.00 to recover for the alleged wrongful death of her husband. The cases were…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. GoodmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Pokora v. Wabash Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Aymond v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Barnhill v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
- Young v. Louisiana Western R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
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3Cited by3 opinions
- The Kansas City Southern Railway Company v. Mrs. Elva Wiggins, Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for Paula Wiggins and Gene WigginsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Hooks v. New York Central RailroadDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1963
- Harris v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944