Luke v. Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson; John E. Eleury, Judge. Action by Elias Luke and wife against, the Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Company. Erom a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtO'Niell, J.
Plaintiffs -appeal from a judgment rejecting their demand for damages for the death of their daughter, whoso death was alleged to haye been caused by the .fault and negligence of the employés of the defendant company. She was drowned in the Mississippi river, by the sinking of a small motorboat, in which she was riding, and which was swamped by defendant’s tugboat, towing the railroad company’s transfer barge, carrying a passenger train across the river.
Plaintiffs’ daughter, aged 17 years, was a member of a party of four in the motorboat. The other members were Miss Lorio, 19 years of age,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jacobs v. JacobsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- State ex rel. John T. Moore Planting Co. v. HowellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
- Maritzky v. Shreveport Rys. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Broussard v. Louisiana Western R. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
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- Williams v. LenfantLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1931
- Campbell v. HaasLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1926
- Ryan v. Dendinger, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1941
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