Louisville & N. R. v. New Orleans Terminal Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville,. Judge. Action by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company against the New Orleans Terminal Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
“The plaintiff sues the defendant for the whole cost of the installation of an interlocking signal system constructed by the plaintiff on a public street in the city of New Orleans where the main lines of the two companies cross. The defendant admits liability for one-half of the cost of such installation. Judgment was rendered according to the contentions of the defendant,' and the plaintiff appeals.” The above is copied from the brief of the defendant as furnishing a clear and terse statement of the nature of the case under review.
The plaintiff company in 1867 and 1869 obtained from the…
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- M. Brown & Co. v. DuplessisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1859
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- Central Passenger Railway Co. v. Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1902
- Elizabethtown, Railroad v. Ashland, Street Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1894
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