Legal Opinion
Cheek v. Thompson
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided June 29, 1939No. 2928PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORTERIE, District Judge.
This is a suit, in forma pauperis, by Harvey 0. Cheek, a resident of Richland parish, Louisiana, against Guy A. Thompson, Trustee 'for the Missouri Pacific'Railroad Company, for damages caused by a Missouri Pacific train, just within the town limits of Rayville, running over and severing his left arm. Cheek, returning home alone, at about 2 a.m. on Saturday night, not drunk or even drinking, took the railroad track. He leaned over to take a gravel out of his shoe (he says), swooned, and stayed there, unconscious, until 5 a.m., when run over.
The Court believes that no…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. IvesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Jackson v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Rottman v. BeverlySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
- Blackburn v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. EllzeySupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Tillman v. Public Belt R. R. CommissionLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1949
- Shaw v. Missouri Pac. R.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1941
- Spiers v. Consolidated Companies, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
- Cheek v. ThompsonDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1940
- Royal v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1954
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