Platt v. Vicksburg, S. & Pacific Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Ouachita; James P. Madison, Judge. Action by J. W. Platt against the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway Company. From judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Personal injury suit for $5,000 damages, decided by the court without* a jury. Plaintiff’s demand, rejected.
On the morning of the 16th day of February, 1912, plaintiff, a traveling salesman, boarded the 7:15 train, west bound, of the defendant company, and stopped at Choudrant to canvass for business, and thereafter, at about 8:40 a. m. to take the east-bound train. There was a difference in time of the two passenger trains of 35 minutes, which time was taken up in canvassing. Plaintiff hastened in his canvassing work, heard the east-bound train’s whistle, took up his hand satchel, and ran…
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- Bell v. Houston & S. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
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