Godchaux v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; B. H. Pavy, Judge. . Action by Leopold Godchaux against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company and the Wells Fargo & Co. Express. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The defendants appeal from a judgment against them, in solido, for $1,-500 damages for personal injuries inflicted upon plaintiff, who was abused and assaulted and beaten by an agent of the defendant companies.
The principal defense is that the agent, though employed at the time as station agent of the railway company and as express agent of the express company, was not acting within the scope of his employment when, in a personal difficulty, he assaulted and beat plaintiff.
The offense committed by the agent was outrageous, according to the facts admitted in the pleadings. He was in the prime…
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