Fincher v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jackson; Cas Moss, Judge. Suit by T. E. Fincher against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company and others. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
PROYOSTY, J;
Tbe railroad of the defendant company traverses the town of Jonesboro north and south. The built-up part of the town is on the east side of the railroad. On the west side is a sawmill plant, of which the town is the outgrowth. The east side is high or hilly ground, whereas the west side is flat, and the railroad runs along the slope of the high ground. The streets of the town at right angles with the railroad go no further than the right of way of the railroad.
The little four year old daughter of the plaintiff, who lived with her grandmother (plaintiff having remarried, and living…
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