Penny v. New Orleans Great Northern R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Washington; Thomas M. Burns, Judge. Action by Rose Hooper Penny against the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
According to the record as it now stands, the plaintiffs before the court are Mrs. Rosa Hooper Penny, in her capacity as widow of Robert T. Penny, deceased, and her two minor children, issue of her marriage with said decedent, whom she represents as duly qualified natural tutrix. The petition alleges that defendant is engaged in interstate commerce; that decedent was in its employ as car inspector, and, in the discharge of the duty for which he was employed, was inspecting “a through train, which had just arrived” (at Bogalusa, La., as we understand) from…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Michigan Central Railroad v. VreelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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- American R. Co. of PR v. BirchSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. HesterlySupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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