Louviere v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson; Fred A. Middleton, Judge. Action by T. Louviere and wife against the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company. Judgment for the plaintiffs for a part of the amount claimed, and defendant appeals, to which plaintiffs answered, praying for increase of the judgment.
1Opinion
*669On the Merits.
Plaintiff, a young man about 18 years of age, was engaged in helping unload a lot of timbers or pilings, varying in length from 75 to 90 feet, from three flat ears. Their extreme length had required the use of three cars in hauling. In order to permit the load to bend in rounding curves in the railroad tract, no stakes or braces were inserted in the pockets of the middle car, but only in the four front rings or pockets (two on either side) of the leading car and in the four rear pockets of the last car. While in transit these braces were bound together at the tops and across the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Carter v. Fred W. Dubach Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- Johnson v. Christie & LoweSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
- Gomez v. TraceySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905