Barnhill v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from judicial district court, parish of Natchitoches; Charles V. Porter, Judge. Action by Delilab A. Barnhill against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBlanchard, J.
Plaintiff’s husband was struck and killed by defendant’s train, and, in consequence, this suit is brought to recover $6,000 damages.
The petition charges negligence and fault of defendant’s agents and employés in this, to wit: — that the train was being driven, or permitted to run, at a reckless rate of speed, and there was failure on part of those in charge of it to give the usual and necessary signals and warnings of its approach at the time of the accident which caused the death of her husband.
It is represented that the view of the approaching train from the crossing where the deceased was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Schofield v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Sundmaker v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Montfort ex rel. Montfort v. SchmidtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1884
- Fleytas v. Pontchartrain Rail RoadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1841
- Vincent v. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1896
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- Fils v. Iberia, St. M. & E. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Hutchinson v. Texas N. O. R. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1947
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