Legal Opinion
Bahry v. Illinois Cent. Ry. Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 20, 1943No. 2518PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On the night of August 14, 1941, between 11 and 12 o'clock, while plaintiff was returning from New Orleans to his home in Donaldsonville, the Packard automobile which he was driving stopped and stalled on the highway crossing over the railroad track about a mile north of Burnside station in Ascension Parish. The automobile was struck by a passenger train going north, and the car was carried north for several hundred feet from the point of impact and completely demolished. In this suit plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $1,417 from the defendant railroad as damages made up of the following…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Davis v. Alexandria & W. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Winfiele v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1933
- Griffin v. ThompsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1942
- Wallace v. Louisiana A. Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1941
3Cited by5 opinions
- The Kansas City Southern Railway Company v. Mrs. Elva Wiggins, Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for Paula Wiggins and Gene WigginsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. ScoginsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
- Wood v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1960
- Kinchen v. Traders & General InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- Ledet v. Texas & New Orleans RailroadLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955