Jones v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Action by Mrs. Nora M. Jones, administratrix of estate of Thos. A. Jones, against the Kansas City Southern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLeche, J.
Plaintiff in this suit prays for the recovery of damages in the sum of $30,-000 for the benefit of herself as widow, and for the benefit of her minor children, alleged to have been suffered on account of the death of Thomas A. Jones, her late husband and father of her said children.
She charges that her said husband, who was a locomotive engineer in the employ of defendant company, was killed while so em*309ployed in a collision and wreck on defendant’s railroad near the city of Shreveport, said collision and wreck being caused by the gross negligence and carelessness of the said defendant and its…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jones v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
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