Thompson v. Morgan

Relator was injured in the collision of a motorcar, operated by him as gang foreman, with an automobile driven by defendant. The accident occurred in the afternoon of February 3, 1927, at a crossing over the tracks of the Missouri Pacific Railroad at Sicard in the parish of Ouachita.

The lower court awarded relator damages for the personal injuries received by him in the collision. The Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, reversed this judgment, and its decision is now before usi for review.

The Court of Appeal found that both relator and defendant were at fault, and held that the negligence of…