Abney v. Louisiana & N. W. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Third Judicial District Court, Parish of Claiborne; B. P. Edwards, Judge. Action by Henrietta O. Abney against the Louisiana & Northwest Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BREAUX, C. Jl
This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court, without a jury, rendered in favor of plaintiff, condemning defendants to pay to plaintiff the sum, of $2,500 with 5 per cent, interest per annum from the 12th day of November, 1909, the date of the judgment.
Plaintiff brought suit for $4,000.
She answered the appeal and asked for an increase of the judgment to the amount she claims.
Plaintiff was returning from Shreveport with her son, an invalid, upon whom a surgical operation had been performed a short time previous. The son was assisted by a physician and his brother at the…
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- Ham v. Louisiana & N. W. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1917