Turner v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Poché, J.

Plaintiff claims damages in the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, for injuries received by her through the alleged carelessness and negligence of the defendant company and of its em ployees, when she was boarding one of its passenger trains at one of its stations.

The defense is a general denial, coupled with the special averment that as the wife of one of the company’s employees, travelling free of *649■ charge, plaintiff cannot recover damages for injuries received under isucli circumstances.

The defendant appeals from a verdict and…