Legal Opinion
Perkins v. Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 10, 1962No. 46086Published
1Opinion of the Court
147 So.2d 646 (1962)
243 La. 829
Maxine PERKINS
v.
TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY.
No. 46086.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
December 10, 1962.
Porter & Scofield, Lake Charles, for applicant.
Camp, Palmer, Carwile, Babin & Barsh, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.
SANDERS, Justice.
This is a tort action. Plaintiff, the 67-year-old widow of Tanner Perkins, seeks damages for the death of her husband in the collision of an automobile, in which he was riding, with a train of the defendant railroad. The district court awarded damages. The Court of Appeal affirmed.[1] We granted certiorari to review…
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Dixie Drive It Yourself System New Orleans Co. v. American Beverage Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1962
- Ford v. Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1952
- Perkins v. Texas and New Orleans Railroad CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1962
- Brown v. S. A. Bourg & Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1960
- Paine v. Gamble Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1938
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