Thompson v. New Orleans Ry. & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred. D. King, Judge. Action by L. Lamar Thompson against the New Orleans Railway & Light Company. Plaintiff died before trial, and his mother, Mrs. Anna B. Thompson, a widow, was substituted as party plaintiff. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommeryille, J.
This personal injury suit for damages was brought by plaintiff, who was a young man, aged 22 years, and *807who was in full possession of all of his faculties, and was regularly employed by the United States Public Health service as a stenographer-typist, at a salary of $75 per month. He was unmarried. He was steady and earnest, of good standing and character in the community in which he lived; was moral, religious, patriotic; and he supported himself. His future was promising and bright, and his health was apparently good prior to April, 1915.
On the morning of April 12, 1915, he was a passenger…
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