Williams v. Pullman Palace Car Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from tlie Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Tissot, J. Quoted tlie following authorities, viz . Thorpe vs. N. Y. C. R. E. Co. 76 N. Y. 402; Caso of Goddard, 57 Maine; Baltimore City Railroad Company vs. Kemp, 61 Maryland 619 $ Railroad Company vs, Renney, 10 Wisconsin, 388; 4 Gray, Mass. 365; Penn. Railroad vs. Van Dives, 42 Penn. State Rep, 365; Weed vs- Panama, 17 N. Y. 362; Railroad Company vs. Derby, 14 How.
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APPEAL from tlie Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Tissot, J. Quoted tlie following authorities, viz . Thorpe vs. N. Y. C. R. E. Co. 76 N. Y. 402; Caso of Goddard, 57 Maine; Baltimore City Railroad Company vs. Kemp, 61 Maryland 619 $ Railroad Company vs, Renney, 10 Wisconsin, 388; 4 Gray, Mass. 365; Penn. Railroad vs. Van Dives, 42 Penn. State Rep, 365; Weed vs- Panama, 17 N. Y. 362; Railroad Company vs. Derby, 14 How. U. S. 468; Pittsburg Railroad Company vs. Hinds, 53 Penn. State. 512; Woods’ Treaties on Railway Law, Vol. 2, p. 1179. ■ 3 Woods’ Railway Law, Sec. 366, p. 1422,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Tocpfi, J.
This appeal presents plaintiff’s claim for damages against the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway Company for personal injuries received by Mm at the hands of the porter of the Pullman Car Company, on the 23d of November, 1885, while he was a passenger of the railway company between Zachary station and Baton Rouge.
His demand was against both companies in solido, but on motion sep*418arate trials were granted, resulting in a verdict in Ms favor against the Pullman Company, and in the other case in a verdict in favor of the railway company.
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