Legal Opinion
Shaw v. Missouri Pac. R.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided January 30, 1941No. 294-Civ. APublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORTERIE, District Judge.
In the absence of a transcribed note of evidence, a statement of facts in this case is omitted. We have read both briefs twice, attentively, and have read all cited cases in each.
None of the allegations of the answer of the defendant is considered except the admissions (a) that John Pittman was killed on November 29, 1939, by the passenger train in question (Art. 3), and (b) that the engine of the train was equipped with a powerful headlight and that the headlight was in good condition and burning brightly just prior to and at the time of the accident (Art. 13).
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Blackburn v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Federal Deposit Ins. Corporation v. MasonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1940
- Miller v. BaldwinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1938
- Jones v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1946
- Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance v. DennisSupreme Court of Kansas · 1965
- Alba Branizza and Robert Branizza v. The Greyhound CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Shaw v. Missouri Pac. R.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1941