DUPONT v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY

No. 22412.

366 F.2d 193 (1966)

Nathalie L. DUPONT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. Velma Margaret DUPONT, Indiv. and next friend for Mark Villejoin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. Nathalie LEGER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. Anna Louise Dupont TRAHAN, Indiv. and next friend of Michael Joseph Trahan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Minos Simon, John Rixie Mouton, Lafayette, La., for appellants.

J. J. Davidson, Jr., Richard C. Meaux, Lafayette, La., for appellee.

Before BELL and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges, and FISHER, District Judge.


FISHER, District Judge.

These consolidated cases involve a railroad crossing collision between the Sunset Limited, a Southern Pacific train, and a 1953 Chevrolet automobile occupied by the driver and three guest passengers, all of whom were killed in the accident of June 25, 1961. The appellants are the survivors of the driver of the automobile and the three guest passengers. Originally a separate suit was filed on behalf of each of the survivors of the passengers...

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