Illinois Cent. R. v. New Orleans Terminal Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Certiorari to Court of Appeal, Parish of Orleans. Suit by the Illinois Central Railroad Company against the New Orleans Terminal Company. From a judgment of dismissal, plaintiff appealed to the Court of Ax>peal, which reversed the judgment and remanded the case with leave to plaintiff to amend, and defendant applies for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtProvo Sty, J.
The plaintiff railroad company entered into a contract with the defendant railroad company for the use of the latter’s terminal tracks. A head-on collision occurred between one of the freight trains of the plaintiff company and a train of the defendant company running in opposite directions on the same track; and plaintiff sues in damages. Only the following clauses of the said contract need to be considered:
That the defendant company “shall have control of operations on said railroad and tracks, and shall provide for the movement of the cars and engines of the other parties hereto over said…
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