Pertue v. Louisiana-Western R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; William Campbell, Judge. Action by James Pertue against the Louisiana-Western Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
Plaintiff, employed at a rice mill in Crowley, being in a car, in which there was a pile of rough rice in sacks, was *724injured by reason of the fact that an engine, belonging to defendant and engaged in switching, pushed another car against the car in question, causing several of the sacks of rice to fall on his leg; and he sues for damages.
The facts of the case, as we understand them, are as follows;
A car of rough rice, in sacks, had been placed on the switch, or side track, of the mill, about 125 or 150 feet to the westward of the east end of the mill, or mill warehouse, and James, the…
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