Travis v. Kansas City, S. & G. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Thomas Fletcher Bell, Judge. Action by Anna B. Travis against the Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiff’s husband was a brakeman on one of the yard, or switching, locomotives of the defendant company. The defendant company’s railroad was being operated by another railroad company under some agreement between the two companies, and the contract of plaintiff’s husband was with the operating company, fie was crushed to death in a collision between the locomotive he was working on and a lot of dead ears that stood in the darkness on the yard of the defendant company. Plaintiff sues for his death, alleging that it occurred through the negligence of the defendant company in having failed…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- East Line & Red River Railway Co. v. CulbersonTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Hukill v. Maysville & B. S. R. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky · 1896
- Muntz v. Algiers & G. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- Caruthers v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1898
- Hamilton v. Louisiana & N. W. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Williams v. Kansas City, S. & G. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908