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Gloria Mae Brown, in Person, and on Behalf of Her Minor Children, Joann and Velda Marie v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 25, 1956No. 15933_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether the Court below was clearly erroneous in its finding that the Railroad Company was not liable to plaintiffs for the death of their husband and father, killed in a crossing collision between the truck he was driving and the Railroad’s passenger train. The trial Court, sitting without a jury, having heard the evidence and considered written briefs, entered its findings in the form of a written opinion 1 2 setting forth that, although the decedent and the Railroad Company were both guilty of negligence, the decedent had the last…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bergeron v. Department of HighwaysSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
  2. Bordenave v. Texas & New Orleans R. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1950
  3. Brown v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1955
  4. Leger v. Texas & P. R. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1953
  5. Allen v. Texas & Pacific Ry. Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1951

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Newton v. PacilloLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
  2. Moore v. Shreveport Transit CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
  3. Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Nathan R. Underwood and Richard M. Murray, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
  4. Ballard v. PiehlerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
  5. Illinois Central Railroad v. SmithMississippi Supreme Court · 1962

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