Budge v. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Twenty-third Judicial District, Parish of St. Mary, Allen, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Monroe, J.
Plaintiff sues for damages for personal injuries sustained whilst in the discharge of his duties as brakeman in defendant’s employ at Morgan City. The petition alleges that, after he had coupled certain ears -to an engine, the train moved and petitioner, as was his duty, climbed upon the ladder of the first box car that approached him for the purpose of riding to the next switch, “and when his hand had almost reached the topmost round of the ladder, the said car jumped off the track, came near turning over on your petitioner, threw him from…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. HerbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Inland & Seaboard Coasting Co. v. TolsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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- Dewey v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milawaukee Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1893
- Anderson v. Elder, Dempster & Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
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