Crisman v. Shreveport Belt Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Alfred Dillingham Land, Judge. Action by Mattie Crisman and others against the Shreveport Belt Railway Company and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The defendant companies operate the street electric railway system of the city of Shreveport. James P. Crisman was run over and killed by one of their cars, and his widow and the tutor of his minor son bring this suit in damages for his death and for the sufferings he underwent.
The circumstances of the accident are these: The deceased was on horseback, going in the same direction as the fatal car, to the right of the motorman, not so close to the track as to be within the line of danger, but close enough to induce the motorman to sound the gong in order to warn him of the approach of the car.…
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