O'Rourke v. New Orleans City & Lake Railroad
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ON APPEAL from the Civil District Oourt for the Parish of Orleans. Bightor, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Blanchard, J.
Plaintiffs are the parents of Walter O’Rourke.
They sue for twenty thousand dollars for his use and benefit, and for five thousand dollars on their own behalf as his parents.
The cause of action is that one of the street cars of defendants ran over the foot or lower part of the left leg of Walter O’Rourke and crushed it, in consequence of which the leg was amputated between ■the ankle and knee. The averment is that the injury to the boy was occasioned by the fault of defendants, through their employees.
*756The accident occurred about 7:30…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Masser v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1886
- Weisse v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
- Waggener v. Town of Point PleasantWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
- Cook v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
- McLaughlin v. New Orleans & Carrollton RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Belden v. RobertsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1926
- Ferrand v. W. H. Cook & Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Canedo v. New Orleans & Carrollton RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
- Murphy v. N. O. Public ServiceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1927
- Welty v. St. Charles St. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903