Legal Opinion
Jones v. Baton Rouge Electric Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 20, 1939No. 2043PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OTT, Judge.
The suit is for damages in the sum of $5,550 on account of injuries which plaintiff claims to have received on December 21, 1937, around eight o’clock P. M., while riding as a passenger on one of the busses operated by the defendant company in the City of Baton Rouge as a common carrier of passengers for hire. Plaintiff alleges that he slipped on a banana peel in the aisle of the bus as he attempted to disembark from the bus at the corner of Government and Dufrocq Streets; that he slipped and fell against a seat in the bus and injured his knee and sustained a severe blow in his…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hughes v. Baton Rouge Electric Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
- Martin v. Interurban Transportation Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1930
- Windham v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
- Casale v. Public Service Co-ordinated TransportSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1932
- Old South Lines, Inc. v. McCuistonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
3Cited by13 opinions
- Kendall v. New Orleans Public ServiceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1950
- Lusby v. Baltimore Transit Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1950
- Johnson v. Continental Southern Lines, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
- Hurst v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
- Pierce v. Toye Bros. Yellow Cab Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1942
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