Lanier v. Hammond Lumber, Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Robert S. Ellis, Judge. Action by D. B. Lanier against the Hammond Lumber Company, Limited. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals, and plaintiff, answering, asks for judgment for the original amount of his claim.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Plaintiff alleges that while riding horseback across a public crossing of a public road, locally known as the lower Robertson crossing, of the railroad used for logging purposes and owned by the defendant he was injured through the faulty and negligent construction and maintenance of said crossing by the defendant; and he further alleges that while crossing the track, which crossing appeared to be apparently safe, his horse’s rear foot became wedged between an exposed spike and the iron rail of the railroad; that the horse and rider were both violently thrown as a result of the wedging of the…
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