Spizale v. Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Action by Mary B. Spizale, on her own behalf and in behalf of her infant son, against the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The plaintiff’s little son, 11 years old, was run over by a switch engine of the defendant company, and both his legs cut off; and plaintiff, in her child’s behalf and also in her own, sues in damages.
After the defendant’s road, on its way into the city and towards the river, has crossed Napoleon avenue, it enters upon a strip of ground belonging to the city, but of which by grant from the city the defendant company has the perpetual use for its tracks and terminals. This strip of ground is along the downtown embankment of the New Basin Canal. Along the base of the embankment there used to be…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Friedman's Estate v. Texas & Pac. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
- Roberts v. Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Courtney v. Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Friedman's Estate v. Texas P. Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1944