Webb v. V. S. & P. Ry. Co.

This action arises from an accident in which the plaintiff sustained serious injuries alleged to have resulted from the negligence of . defendants, and' they appeal from a judgment rendered against them in solido for ten thousand dollars.

The plaintiff was the tillerman on an aerial fire truck and was thrown therefrom by the truck being thrown against a telephone pole by the driver of the truck in avoiding colliding with a train operated by the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company over the track of the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway Company at a crossing in the city of Shreveport.

The…