Leveret v. Shreveport Belt Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Alfred Dillingham Land, Judge. Action by Jeannette Leveret and husband against the Shreveport Belt Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, C. J.
Defendant, a street railway corporation, appeals from a judgment against it in favor of the plaintiff for $3,500, as damages for injuries received for which she charged it to be responsible. The judgment was based upon the verdict of a jury. She alleged that on defendant’s right of way in Parkview, at the intersection of Laurel street and Park avenue with right of way, it had erected a covered platform, called the “West Shreveport Station,” for the accommodation of passengers who desired to ride on their cars, and all cars stopped at said depot to take on…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Patton v. PicklesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898
- Collins v. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1890
- Aiken v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
- Kennon v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
- Chance v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1881
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- Gaisser v. New Orleans Public Service Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1927
- Haas v. Wichita Railroad & Light Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1913
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