Dixon v. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Action by Miss Bertha Dixon against the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway-Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiff sued the defendant for $20,000 damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained in the city of Shreveport on October 23, 1912, by reason of a collision between an automobile for hire in which the plaintiff was riding as a passenger and a train of the defendant at a point on Louisiana street where the tracks of the defendant cross said street.
The petition alleges negligence in the defendant, in that there was no switchman or flagman on the ground at the crossing; no one to give warning; nor was any bell ringing or whistle blowing; nor was any one on the front end of the backing…
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