Thompson v. New Orleans Ry. & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Oivil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge. Action by Miss Nettie Thompson and others against the New Orleans Railway & Light Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
Miss Carrie Thompson was a passenger for hire upon one of the Tulane Belt cars of the defendant street railway, traveling from the place of her employment in the business district to her home in the Carrolton section of the city of New Orleans. When the car reached the New Basin canal, over which cars pass on a bridge of defendant in Carrolton avenue, the said bridge was open, and because of some trouble with its mechanism could not be promptly closed. The conductor on the car on which Miss Thompson was riding telephoned the barn, and was instructed to issue car to car transfers, and the cars…
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