Clogher v. New Orleans Ry. & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; T. C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by Mrs. Michael Clogher against the New Orleans Railway & Light Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLeche, J.
On July 9, 1915, shortly before the noon hour, plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant's electric railway cars, going out on Tulane avenue. After the car had crossed Miro street, and being then within one block of the intersection of Tonti street, where that street runs across Tulane avenue, plaintiff, gave the customary signal, indicating that she wished to alight at said corner, the nearest stopping place to her home on Tonti street.
Instead of stopping the car in such manner as to bring the reaij step on a line with the sidewalk on the further side of Tonti street, according to the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Succession of Le BlancSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Guidry v. Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
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