Gannon v. New Orleans City & Lake Railroad
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Bightor, J. Action for fifteen thousand dollars for damages for death of minor child caused by the alleged gross negligence of defendant’s company. There was judgment for defendant and plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nioholls, O. J.
On the 29th of April, 1894, Gladys Gannon, a little girl, five years and nine months old, died at the Hospital, in New Orleans, by reason of having had her thigh crushed or broken the day previous by one of the wheels of a car belonging to the New Orleans Oity & Lake Railroad Company. The present action is one by the mother of the child seeking a judgment against that company and the New Orleans Traction- Company for fifteen thousand dollars damages as resulting from the- injuries so received. Plaintiff asks five" thousand dollars…
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