Holmes ex rel. Holmes v. Cromwell & Spencer Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ON APPEAL from the Tenth Judicial District Court for the-Parish of Rapides. Hunter, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls, O. J.
The plaintiff, a minor, represented by his father, obtained judgment in the District Court of Rapides for the sum of five thousand dollars, for personal injuries received by him in attempting to enter the engineer’s cab of an engine operated by defendant’s employees. The accident was alleged to have occurred by reason-of a defective step leading up to 'the cab.
The defendants appealed and the plaintiff in the Supreme Oourt applied for an increase of damages.
Plaintiff’s cause of action is set out in two petitions. In the first' he alleged…
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