Legal Opinion
Vernon v. Illinois Cent. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 30, 1922No. Nos. 23710, 24595PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSt. Paul, J.
These two suits are by the same plaintiff, who was a widow when the first was filed and had remarried when she filed the second.
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In the first, she claims damages for the death of her minor son, killed through the alleged negligence of the defendant corporation on August 9, 1918, at a time when its railroad was under the control of, and operated by, the United States Director General of Railroads, pursuant to the proclamation of the President of the United States of December 26, 1917, and the Act of Congress of August 29, 1916 (U. S. Comp. 'St. § 1974a).
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. AultSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Blanc v. DupréSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1884
- Succession of SaundersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1885
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