Johnson v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge. Action by Mrs. Nellie Johnson against the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSt. Paul, J.
This ease involves only issues'of fact, and the testimony is conflicting on almost every point. The district judge, who saw and heard the witnesses, believed the plaintiff and her witnesses; and no compelling reason is suggested by the record or
*1077otherwise, why it was error for him to do so. We do not think he erred.
I
The defendant owns a number of tenement houses in which it lets rooms by the month. Its president owns others in the same neighborhood, which he also lets in the same way. All these houses are known to the tenants and to the neighbors as “railroad property.” The company and its…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Davis v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Clemm v. WilcoxSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1854
3Cited by5 opinions
- Dugas v. MayerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1938
- Staes v. TerranovaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1941
- Cyrus v. TungLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1931
- Levi v. Crescent City Seltzer & Mineral Water Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1925
- Buckalew v. BrocknerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1943