Lesseps v. Pontchartrain Railroad
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the court of the first district. This is an action to recover from the Pontchartrain Bailroad Company, the value of a slave, two mules and a cart, with damages, which the plaintiff alleges were killed and destroyed by the engine of the railroad, through the negligence and fault of the railroad company’s agents and engineer. The defendants denied all the allegations in the petition, and prayed that the suit he dismissed.
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Appeal from the court of the first district. This is an action to recover from the Pontchartrain Bailroad Company, the value of a slave, two mules and a cart, with damages, which the plaintiff alleges were killed and destroyed by the engine of the railroad, through the negligence and fault of the railroad company’s agents and engineer. The defendants denied all the allegations in the petition, and prayed that the suit he dismissed. The evidence showed, that as the engine, with a large .train of cars, had approached within one hundred and fifty feet of the depot of the railroad, the…
1Opinion of the CourtGabland, J.
This suit is brought to recover the value of a slave, two mules, a cart, and damages for the loss of them. The plaintiff says, that by the negligence and mismanagement of the engineer or conductor of one of the steam cars, in use in the year 1834, on the railway belonging to the defendant, it was run against the cart of the plaintiff, which was broken to pieces, the mules killed, and the slave so badly wounded, that he died soon after. The defendant pleads a general denial. The case was tried by a jury, and by agreement, a verdict was rendered by a majority of the jurors, as follows: “ Seven…
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