Jackson v. Natchez & W. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Tenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Concordia; J. L. Dagg, Judge. Action by Amelia Jackson and husband against the Natchez & Western Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProyostx, J.
The defendant railway company gave a Fourth of July excursion for colored people out of Yidalia to Turtle Lake, as had been done for several years past. Vidalia is a town situated on the Louisiana side of the Mississippi river, opposite Natchez, Miss. " Turtle Lake is a picnic grounds near the station of the. same name on the defendant’s railway. Neither on the grounds nor at the station is there any protection whatever against .the weather for excursionists, save two or three negro cabins’ in the vicinity of the station, where shelter for a limited number of persons might perhaps be had for…
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