Mercer v. Natchez Ball & S. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Grant; W. E. Blackman, Judge. Action by Mose Ely Mercer and wife against the Natchez Ball & Shreveport Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
While the plaintiffs’ son, about 15 years of age, arid a boy named Carl Watson, and others, were employed at an embankment or fill, on the Natchez Ball & Shreveport Railroad, the embankment caved in upon them, killing the plaintiffs’ son and injuring the Watson boy.
The principal business, and perhaps the only business, of the railway company was to haul logs from the woods to the sawmill of the J. E. Ball Bro. Lumber Company, and the two corporations were owned by the same stockholders and managed by the same individuals.
The plaintiffs first brought suit against the J. F. Ball Bro. Lumber…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Watson v. J. F. Ball Bro. Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
3Cited by1 opinion
- Hunter v. Chicago Lumber & Coal Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922