Tyer v. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Allen; Winston Overton, Judge. Action by Mrs. Sarah B. Tyer against the Gulf, Colorado & Sante Fé Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLeche, J.
Plaintiff prays for damages in the sum of $25,000, alleged to have been suffered by herself and her minor children as a result of the death of her husband, which is charged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant.
The district court rendered judgment in favor of defendant, and plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.
Plaintiff’s deceased husband, J. G. Tyer, a blacksmith employed by the Industrial Lumber Company, at Elizabeth, La., left Oak-dale, in, the parish of Allen, La., in the afternoon of June 14, 1911, presumably to go about eight miles to his work at Elizabeth. He undertook his…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rogers v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
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