Smith v. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Alfred Dillingham Land, Judge. xVction by Thomas Smith against the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff: appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, J.
The attorneys of the plaintiff attack a compromise entered into by the -plaintiff with the defendant company on the ground that it was made in bad faith, and by collusion with the plaintiff, and without their knowledge or consent.
The plaintiff was one of defendant’s laborers, and, while at work for defendant, he, in an accident, lost both his legs, through, as he charged, the default and negligence of the defendant.
A short time after the accident, while confined by his wounds at the hospital, he employed I-Iolbert and Barret as attorneys to institute a suit for damages, and signed a contract…
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