Lewis v. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Thomas Fletcher Bell, Judge. Action by Charles Lewis, tutor, against the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff brings this suit on behalf of the minor heirs of William Hart, deceased, to recover damages for the alleged negligent killing of their father. The answer is a general denial and a plea of contributory negligence. The facts, as they appear in the record, are as follows:
Speaking in terms of approximation (particularly as to the points of the compass), the = defendant owns and uses as part of its railroad yard the east half of square 25 in Shreveport, bounded north by Cotton, east by Marshall, south by Lake, and west by McNeil, streets, and has…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lampkin v. McCormickSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Downing v. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railway & Steamship Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. PottsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1891
- Succession of TrouillySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
- Koegel v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1904
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