Courtney v. Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge; H. F. Brunot, Judge. Action by Mrs. Pearl Courtney, individually and as tutrix, against the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company and others. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Reversed, and order dismissed.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiff sued the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company, the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, and the New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Railroad Company to recover of them in solido the *361sum of $30,000 damages resulting from the death of her husband, N. T. Courtney, who was killed on the night of August 10¡ 1910, by a switch engine of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. The suit as against the other two railroads was dismissed on exception of misjoinder, but the same exception was overruled as to the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. The same defendant filed an…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McGuire v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
- McClanahan v. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
- White v. Illinois Cent. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- Gilliam v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- Spizale v. Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
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- Delta Fire & Casualty Co. v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
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