Evans v. Southern Pacific Co.

MARCUS, Judge.

Plaintiff, William Evans, brings this suit against defendant, Southern Pacific Company (hereinafter referred to as “railroad”) for damages resulting from an alleged injury suffered when the vehicle in which he was driving struck a hole in a railroad crossing in Terrebonne Parish in the vicinity of a community known as Schriever. The location of the alleged accident was the intersection of defendant’s tracks and Louisiana Highway 658. The highway is asphalt or “black topped” and runs generally north and south and the railroad tracks run generally east and west. There are four…