Hopkins v. New Orleans Railway & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge. Action by Augusta D. Hopkins against the New Orleans Railway & Light Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
Plaintiff seeks damages of the defendant company for personal injuries alleged to have been received through' its fault and negligence while alighting from a street car. She alleges that, when she went to leave the car at her destination, the platform over which she had to pass was crowded with passengers, one of whom had been permitted by the conducter to place a fish basket in her path to the steps, and that as she attempted to step down from the platform to the steps, the rear part of her skirt caught on the basket, causing her to trip and fall to the shell-covered ground spme two or three…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- LeBlanc v. SweetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Clerc v. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
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- Mire v. Lafourche Parish School BoardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1952
- Andrepont v. OchsnerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
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