Tucker v. Illinois Cent. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Robert S. Ellis, Judge. Action by Zelotus Tucker and wife against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the" Case.
MONROE, C. J.
Defendant has brought up this appeal from a judgment condemning it to pay $10,000 as damages said to have been sustained by plaintiffs in tbe alleged negli*1097gent killing of their son, a young man about 28 years of age, who lost his life under the following circumstances, to wit:
Defendant has a double track running north and south through Railroad avenue in the town of Ponchatoula! The tracks, which are between 8 and 10 feet apart, are crossed at a certain point by Pine street, which is, say, 100 feet wide; and 400 feet to the northward there is another street…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
- Harrison v. Louisiana Western R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Castile v. O'KeefeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- White v. Illinois Cent. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- Nelson v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
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- Glisson v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
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