Ederle v. Vicksburg, S. & P. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from_ Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lincoln; R. B. Dawkins, Judge. Action by Mrs. Amelia Ederle against the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad Company and another. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff! appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, J.
The plaintiff! prayed for a judgment against the two defendants in solido for the sum of $25,000, and interest. The district court rejected her demand, and she appealed.
She brought suit as the surviving mother of George D. Ederle. In support of her demand she averred that her son sustained injuries while in the employment of the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad Company (referred to as the V., S. & P. R. Co.), on the premises of the other defendant company, at Ruston, in Lincoln, from the effects of which he died.
That before and up to said date he was…
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