Sullivan v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Louisiana
PPEAL from the Fiftli Distiiot Court, Parish of Ouachita. Meharclson, J. “ A railroad company which grants tlie use of its road to another company, is responsible for accidents caused to passengers which itself carries, by tbo negligence of the other company thus running by its permission.”
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PPEAL from the Fiftli Distiiot Court, Parish of Ouachita. Meharclson, J. “ A railroad company which grants tlie use of its road to another company, is responsible for accidents caused to passengers which itself carries, by tbo negligence of the other company thus running by its permission.” Railroad Co. vs. Barrow, 5 Wall., p. 90; A and E railroad cases, vol 17, p. 649 ; 56 Ind. 511. It is the duty of companies to keep in a safe and secure condition their premises, depots and approaches from thence to their passenger oars. Pierce ou Railroads, pp. 275-6. It is the duty of a railroad company…
1Opinion of the Court
Tiie opinion of the Court was delivered by
Fenner, J.
At Waverly station the defendant company’s main track is situated at some distance from its depot building, and between the two runs a side-track. Between tlie two tracks defendant had constructed a plank-walk for platform slightly elevated above the tracks, and running for some distance beyond the depot front. Its object was to furnish a convenient landing-place for passengers getting on or off its cars.
It consisted of three parallel planks, and was from three to four feet wide. Between tlie edge of the walks and tlie main track there was a…
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