Adams v. S. H. Bolinger & Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Parish of Bossier; John N. Sandlin, Judge. Action by Gus M. Adams against S. H. Bolinger & Company, Limited.
1Opinion of the CourtProyosty, J.
Plaintiff was one of the crew of the defendant company’s railroad construction and repair train on the defendant company’s logging railroad. The men rode on the locomotive and tender in going to and returning from their work. On the day of the accident that has given rise to this suit, the train and tender and four flat cars, loaded with steel rails and wooden cross-ties, stopped at one of the camps of the defendant company in the woods, where there was a commissary store, to wait until a Shay engine, which was on a branch road that connected with the main line at this point, should come and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bell v. Houston & S. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Harker v. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1893
- Collins v. Krause-Managan Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
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- Clements v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
- Broussard v. HotardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1941
- Maher v. N. O. Gas Light Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1920