Kraemer v. Louisville & N. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge. Action by Prank Kraemer against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals, and plaintiff, answering the appeal, asks that the judgment be increased to the amount sued for.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The defendant appeals from a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $10,875 damages for personal injuries. He was run over by the defendant’s railroad train, while he was on duty as a police officer in the city of New Orleans, and was very seriously injured. He sued for $30,000, and in answer to the appeal asks that the judgment be increased to that sum.
The plaintiff was the only witness to the accident. It happened at a late hour at night. The train, consisting of 12 cars, the forward car being a tank car, was being shoved by a locomotive along the space occupied by the tracks of several…
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- Dalferes v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1938
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