Basey v. Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; W. F. Blackman, Judge. Action by Mrs. William Basey and husband against the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Mrs. Basey, aided and assisted by her husband, sues in damages for the sufferings and death of Wilson Scallan, a son of hers by a former marriage^a young *453man in his twenty-second year. The evidence as a whole leads us to believe that he died of tuberculosis, but the contention is that his death was brought on by a blow he received in the side through the negligence of the defendant company while a passenger on one of its trains. The negligence is alleged to have consistéd in that, although the defendant company knew, or ought to have known, that, owing to certain advertisements it had caused…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Graham v. McNeillWashington Supreme Court · 1899
- Trumbull v. EricksonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
- Reem v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- Jackson v. Natchez & W. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- International & Great Northern Railroad v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1899
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- Baker v. Shreveport Rys. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1953
- Bacon v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1931
- Matthews v. N. O. Public Service Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1928
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