Kramer v. New Orleans, City & Lake Railroad
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ON APPEAL from the Oivil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Bilis, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Miller, J.
The defendant company appeals from the judgment condemning it to pay damages for the injuries caused by one of defendant’s electric cars running over plaintiff, he being asleep, or unconscious, lying near the tracks of the defendant, with his feet extended over the rail, the accident resulting in the amputation of his legs below the knees.
The petition alleges that plaintiff, crossing the tracks, stumbled and fell prostrate; that unconscious and helpless, he lay there until run over by defendants’ car, with the result of the loss of his legs…
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