Ball v. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Ouachita; James Pemberton Madison, Judge. Action by Mary E. Ball against the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff seeks to recover damages for the loss of her minor son, whose death she imputes to the fault of the defendant, by whom he was employed. Defendant denies the fault imputed to it, and alleges that the death of the minor was the result of his own negligence and of a risk assumed by him from the nature of his employment. The facts, as we find them from the evidence in the transcript, are as follows: The minor, who was about 19 years old and of more than average intelligence, had for 2 years and 7 months prior to his death, with his mother’s consent, been…
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