McMahon v. New Orleans Ry. & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; T. C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by Daniel P. McMahon against the New Orleans Railway & Light Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BREAUX, O. J.
This was an action for damages, brought to recover the sum of $15,000 for personal injuries.
The case was tried by jury.
Nine thousand dollars was the amount allowed to plaintiff by the verdict and judgment.
Defendant prosecutes this appeal.
On the 23d day of July, 1909, plaintiff was thrown from the front platform of one of defendant’s cars, a few hundred feet before reaching the West End terminus of defendant’s line, near the platform known as the “Jackson Brewing Box.”
Plaintiff, at the time of the accident, was a fireman in the employ of the New Orleans Eire Department, in whose…
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