Rice v. Crescent City Railroad
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ON APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. King, J.
1Opinion of the Court
*109The opinion of the court was delivered by
Blanchard, J.
Plaintiffs sue for twenty-five thousand dollars actual damages for the killing of their three and a half year old child,, a little girl, by the electrically-propelled street railway car of defendant company.
The action is brought under the provisions of Article 2315 of the Revised Civil Code of Louisiana.
The demand is for the damages only which the child might have recovered if it had survived, and, consequently, the claim as presented is one accruing to the parents as.heirs of their deceased offspring.
The defense interposed is that the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Westerfield v. Levis Bros.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
- Vredenburg v. BehanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881
- McGuire v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
- Barnes v. Shreveport City RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
- Towns v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1885
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Mathes v. SchwingLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1929
- Blackburn v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Johnson v. ButterworthSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
- Breen v. WaltersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Ruehl v. Lidgerwood Rural Telephone Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1912
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