Williams v. W. R. Pickering Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of Vernon; Don E. So Relie, Judge. Action by Claude Williams against the W. R. Pickering Lumber Company and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiff sued for damages in the sum of $20,078 for personal injuries sustained by him while working as brakeman on the Louisiana Central Railroad. The W. R. Pickering Lumber Company and the Pickering Land & Timber Company were made codefendants on the allegations of common connection, co-operation, and privity of interest.
The petition alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff was employed and commenced work on March 10, 1908, as brakeman on the log train of the railroad operating in the vicinity of Cravens, for the purpose of logging the mill at that place.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Buechner v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- Payne v. Georgetown Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
- Bell v. Globe Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Black v. Rock Island, A. & L. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
- Towns v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1885
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