Legal Opinion

Lowe v. Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 2, 1922No. 23461PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; B. K. Skinner, Judge. Action by George H. Lowe against Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Company for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals, and plaintiff asks for increase of verdict.

1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.

Plaintiff's suit is for personal injuries alleged to have been received through the fault and carelessness of defendant and its employees. He alleges that he was employed as a carpenter by the Southern Cotton Oil Company, and at the time of the injury was engaged in helping to construct the frame-work around and in a scale pit of said Cotton Oil Company, on its premises in the town of Gretna, La.; that the tracks of the defendant company extend into the yard and plant of his said employer; and that defendant’s locomotive, in passing on a track near where petitioner was at work, carelessly…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Barry v. Bay State Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  2. McGarvey v. Independent Oil & Grease Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Carlson v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
  4. Kird v. New Orleans & Northwestern RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Moeser v. ShunkSupreme Court of Kansas · 1924
  2. Perdue v. BrittinghamCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1946
  3. Smith v. Virginia Railway & Power Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1926
  4. Chauvin v. Louisiana Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
  5. Benson v. Sioux Falls Medical & Surgical ClinicSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1934

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