Wells v. Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; James Andrew, Judge. Action by Mrs. Florence Edna Wells against the Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiff sues in damages for the death of her husband, who was killed by a train of the defendant company.
The right of way of the defendant company is fenced in, and has cattle guards at the road crossings. The accident occurred on a plantation where the train stops on being flagged. There is no depot there, nor anything else to mark a regular spot at which to stop; but the contention of plaintiff is that invariably the train had been stopping short of the plantation road which .crosses'the track, and short also of the cattle guard on the side of this road. We do not find this to be so, but…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Harrison v. Louisiana Western R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Cook v. Louisiana & N. W. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
- Hammers v. Colorado Southern, N. O. & P. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Nelson v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Marston v. Shreveport Traction Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Chargois v. Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
- Johnson v. Texas & Pac. Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1931
- Franklin v. Louisiana & Arkansas Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1929
- Cavallo v. New Orleans Public Belt Railroad CommissionLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960