Tortorice v. Yazoo & M. V. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge. Action by Antonio Tortorice against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals, and plaintiff, answering the appeal, prays that interest he allowed from judicial demand.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The plaintiff sued for $3,-928.28, damages for the destruction of his property, which, he alleges, was set on fire by sparks emitted from a locomotive of the defendant company. He charges that the defendant was negligent in failing to have the locomotive equipped with an effective spark arrester; that, if the equipment was originally efficient for arresting dangerously large sparks, the defendant neglected to keep it in such repair as to prevent the emission of dangerous sparks; and that the danger to the plaintiff’s building, near the railroad right of way, was increased by the carelessness…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Grand Trunk Railroad v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Lemann Co. v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Thomason v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
- V. & A. Meyer & Co. v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
- Dudley v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
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- Laurel Hill Gin & Mfg. Co. v. Yazoo & M. V. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
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