Chretien v. New Orleans Rys. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred D. King, Judge. Action by Eugene Chretien against the New Orleans Railways Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, J.
The plaintiff claimed from the defendant $20,000 as damages for the death of his son, Jerome Chretien, whose death, he alleged, was caused by its fault and negligence. Plaintiff alleged that the deceased was a passenger in one of the company’s cars on the 17th of February, 1903, and was entitled, by his contract with it, to safe carriage.
Plaintiff averred that while his son was so riding as a passenger on the car it was so defective that there was a loud and dangerous explosion of electric energy, endangering the life and limbs of passengers, filling the car…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Stokes v. SaltonstallSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Co. v. WareCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1886
- Green v. Pacific Lumber Co.California Supreme Court · 1900
- Wanzer v. Chippewa Valley Electric RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
- Lehman v. Louisiana Western RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1885
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