Horsthemke v. New Orleans Ry. & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Hugh C. Cage, Judge. Action by John Horsthemke against the New Orleans Railway & Light Company. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals; and plaintiff, answering the appeal, asks that the amount of judgment be increased.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
Defendant appeals from a judgment, based upon the verdict of a jury, allowing plaintiff $3,000 damages for personal injuries. Answering the appeal, plaintiff asks that the amount of the judgment be increased to $6,000.
He charges that a street car conductor in the employ of the defendant company shoved and, kicked him from the platform or step of a moving car, on which1 he was traveling, or attempting to travel, as a passenger.
Defendant’s answer is that plaintiff was intoxicated when he boarded the car, and made a nuisance of himself; that, when he had traveled a distance of two blocks, the *933con…
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