Wheat v. New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Co.

163 So.2d 65 (1964)

245 La. 1099

Elmer L. WHEAT and Cleve T. Smith

v.

NEW ORLEANS AND NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY et al.

No. 46863.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 30, 1964.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1964.

H. Alva Brumfield, Sylvia Roberts, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-relators.

Monroe & Lemann, Malcolm L. Monroe, New Orleans, Benj. W. Miller, Bogalusa, Walter J. Suthon, Jr., Benj. R. Slater, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-respondents.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Plaintiff-relator Elmer L. Wheat instituted suit to recover for personal injuries allegedly sustained as a result of a collision of a passenger train…