Legal Opinion
Glisson v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 8, 1964No. 47057PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
Plaintiff, the surviving husband of Mrs. Martha Glisson who was killed when the automobile she was driving collided with a passenger train, brought this suit, individually and on behalf of decedent’s two minor children, to recover damages for her alleged wrongful death.
The accident occurred at a rural grade crossing over the railroad track of defendant located about two miles north of Kinder in Allen Parish. The railroad right of way is 100 feet wide accommodating a single straight track, which runs North and South, laid approximately in the middle of the right of way.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jackson v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Renz v. Texas & Pacific Railway CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Matthews v. New Orleans Terminal Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1950
- Tucker v. Illinois Cent. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Rachal v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1952
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Duncan v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
- Odom v. HooperSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- LeJeune v. Union Pacific RRSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
- Michael Ryder v. Union Pacific Railroad ComCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
- Rivere v. Union Pacific R. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1994
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