Haynes v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Grant; James Andrew, Judge. Action by A. H. Haynes against the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
The mixed train of the defendant company, on which plaintiff was a passenger, was wrecked; and he suffered an inguinal hernia, with some bruises; .for which he asked $11,000 in damages. The jury rendered a verdict in his favor for $2,-000. Defendant appealed. Plaintiff, on his brief, refers to an answer to the appeal filed by him, in which he asked for an amendment of the judgment, and an increase to $5,000; but the answer is not found in the record.
Plaintiff charges fault and neglect on the part of defendant, and says that the wreck of the train and the injury to him were due to the bad and…
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