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Courtney v. Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 18, 1912No. 19,114PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge; H. F. Brunot, Judge. Action by Pearl Courtney, individually and as tutrix, against the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company and others. From a judgment sustaining an exception of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company, plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.

This is a suit for damages for the death of N. T. Courtney, alleged to have been killed on the tracks of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company (hereinafter called the “L. R. & N. Co.”) by a switch engine belonging to the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company (hereinafter called, the “Y. M. V. Co.”), while hauling a number of cars belonging to the New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Railroad Company (hereinafter called the “N. O. T. & M. Co.”).

Defendants filed separate exceptions of misjoinder of parties defendant. The lower court sustained the exception filed by the L. R. & N. Co. and the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Gill v. City of Lake CharlesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  2. Hollins v. New Orleans & N. W. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  3. Muntz v. Algiers & G. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
  4. Hamilton v. Louisiana & N. W. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1906

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. McGee v. CollinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
  2. Carr v. BellWashington Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Richard v. Kansas City So. Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1951
  4. Shaw v. GwinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1934
  5. Copellar v. BrittLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1939

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