Ortolano v. Morgan's L. & T. R. & S. S. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson; Jerome L. Gaudet, Judge. Action by Paulo Ortolano and his wife against Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, O. J.'
The plaintiffs are the father and mother of Rosalino Ortolano, a boy five years of age, who, they alleged, was killed while crossing the -railroad track of the defendant corporation at its intersection with the public road about 300 feet below the bridge leading to and crossing Harvey’s Canal. They prayed for judgment for $45,000 damages against the defendant, alleging that their said child died of injuries received on Easter Sunday, April 7, 1901, by being run down and struck by an engine (with a caboose attached) of the defendant about 4:30 p. m.; that…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Black v. Carrollton RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1855
- Shaber v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- State v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1888
- Lampkin v. McCormickSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Hubbard v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
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- Quinette v. BissoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1905
- McFarland v. Illinois Central Railroad CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
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