Legal Opinion
Sewell v. Gulf, C. S.F. Ry. Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 17, 1943No. 2490PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff alleges that he purchased a ticket and rode as a passenger on the defendant railroad from Markee to DeRidder on the morning of October 18, 1939; that when he started to leave the train at DeRidder with other passengers who were alighting and just as he reached the vestibule or platform leading to the steps, he "stepped upon some kind of foreign substance resembling a rotten orange or partially decayed banana peel which was lying directly in the middle of the passage provided for passengers to pass through in alighting from the passenger coach of the said railroad company." He then…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jones v. Baton Rouge Electric Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
3Cited by5 opinions
- Johnson v. Continental Southern Lines, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
- Hurst v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
- Alexander v. Continental Southern Lines, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- Henderson v. Baton Rouge Bus Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- Shirley v. Louisville & Nashville R.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1952