Thompson v. New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaxjx, J.

Plaintiff, tutrix of her minor children, sues to recover damages against defendant for the death of their father caused by an electric shock received by him while at work for the defendant company.

At the date of the accident, defendant was rebuilding its system of railway. The work consisted in reconstruction of both the overhead electric lines and the railway track. They were at the time also reconstructing the feeder system of electricity, taking out the smaller wires, and putting in larger ones. The company had a night working gang and…