Pete v. New Orleans, T. & M. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; B. H. Pavy, Judge. Action by Milton Pete against the New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Railroad Company for personal injuries. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff prosecutes this appeal from a judgment rejecting his claim for damages for an injury sustained by him while he was attempting to uncouple, or “cut off,” one of the freight cars of a moving train. He was an active man, and had been employed by defendant for about three years as depot and warehouse porter at its station at Eunice. His wages were $35 per month, and, as he could earn more than double that amount as brakeman, he repeatedly requested that he be given that position, and from time to time was seen reading defendant’s book of rules, apparently…
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