Lafitte v. New Orleans, City & Lake Railroad
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Oourt for the Parish of Orleans. Voorhies, J. 1. A street railway company is answerable in damages for the insulting conduct of one of its drivers toward a passenger-. Williams vs. Pullman Palace Oar Co., 40 An. 87, 41; 57 Maine 202; 5 La. 431; 10 An. 1; 141-Ioward, 468; C. C.2315, 2317. 2. A street railway company is also responsible for the unlawful and unwaranted arrest of a passenger, on a malicious charge made by one of its drivers that…
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APPEAL from the Civil District Oourt for the Parish of Orleans. Voorhies, J. 1. A street railway company is answerable in damages for the insulting conduct of one of its drivers toward a passenger-. Williams vs. Pullman Palace Oar Co., 40 An. 87, 41; 57 Maine 202; 5 La. 431; 10 An. 1; 141-Ioward, 468; C. C.2315, 2317. 2. A street railway company is also responsible for the unlawful and unwaranted arrest of a passenger, on a malicious charge made by one of its drivers that the passenger had passed a counterfeit coin. 3. Proof of actual damage in such cases is not necessary. 40 An. 423; 33 An.…
1Opinion of the Court
*36The opinion of the court was delivered by
McBnery, J.
The plaintiff sued the defendant company for $20,000 for damages for abuse when in defenant’s car, and for damages for malicious prosecution and false arrest and imprisonment. There was judgment for the plaintiff for the sum of $400, from which the defendant appealed. The facts are that, on the 27th day of December, 1889, the plaintiff entered the street car of the defendant company.
He handed to the driver of the car, through the change gate, one silver dollar for change. The drivers of the cars are instructed to furnish change to the amount…
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- Ware F. M. C. v. Barataria & Lafourche Canal Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1840
- Same Case — On an Application for Re-hearingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1850
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