Settoon v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Fourteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Iberville. Talbot, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
McEnery, J.
The plaintiffs, parents of Henry W. Settoon, brought this suit for damages against the defendant corporation for the death •.■of their son, who was killed by its cars at the town of Whitecastle.
*808The defence is such as is usually urged in such cases.
There was judgment for plaintiffs in the sum of twelve thousand1 five hundred dollars, and the defendant appealed.
In front of and alongside of the depot of the railroad there is a switch track, and beyond this the main track.
Between the two tracks the company filled in with cinders for the purpose…
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