Mitchell v. Illinois Cent. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Robert R. Reid, Judge. Action by Augustine Mitchell, tutrix, against the Illinois Central' Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBlanchard, J.
This case is here on appeal by defendant from a judgment against it for $3,000.00 in favor of the plaintiff, who sued in her capacity as tutrix of the minor Osmer Southworth.
Neither party asked for a jury in the court below. The trial was had before the District Judge and the cause was submitted to him, without argument, on the evidence adduced.
Osmer Southworth was a boy of between twelve and thirteen years of .age when the injury which gave rise to the suit was received.
He lived in the town of Amite at the home and under the care of his tutrix, and was a youth of good training and habits and…
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