Wheat v. New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Co.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Plaintiff-relator Elmer L. Wheat instituted suit to recover for personal injuries allegedly sustained as a result of a collision of a passenger train and an automobile which he was driving. Plaintiff-relator Cleve T. Smith, owner of the car, in a separate suit seeks judgment for the value of the automobile, which was completely demolished in the collision. Various parties were named defendants, but both suits were dismissed by plaintiffs as to all parties defendant except New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad Company and General Motors Corporation. The two suits were…