Legal Opinion

State ex rel. New Orleans & C. R., Light & Power Co. v. St. Paul

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 23, 1903No. 14,903PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Application by the state, on the relation of the New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad, Light & Power Company, for writ of mandamus to John St. Paul, judge of Division 0 of the Civil District Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Statement of the Case.

MONROE, J.

Relator alleges that it is one of the defendants in an action in damages brought in the civil district court by Mrs. Eva Keller, individually and as tutrix, against it and the Security Brewing Company; that she asserts therein that her husband, the father oLher minor children, whilst in the employ of said brewing company, operating an illuminating apparatus furnished *724by. it and by this relator, and used for lighting the stables of said company, was killed, by receiving through his body a current of electricity — a casualty which resulted from the defective…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Cline v. Crescent City RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
  2. Holzab v. New Orleans & Carrollton RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1886
  3. A. Riggs & Bro. v. BellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1887
  4. Prall v. Peet's CuratorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1832
  5. State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
  2. Schwing v. DunlapSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
  3. Louisiana Oyster & Fish Co. v. Police Jury, Parish of AssumptionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
  4. Baten v. CampbellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933
  5. Brewer v. FosheeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1937

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