COCKE v. MORGAN'S LOUISIANA & TEXAS R. & S. S. CO.

No. 4494.

4 F.2d 961 (1925)

COCKE v. MORGAN'S LOUISIANA & TEXAS R. & S. S. CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. H. Lotterhos, of Jackson, Miss. (George Butler, of Jackson, Miss., on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

Charles N. Burch and H. D. Minor, both of Memphis, Tenn., and Harry McCall, of New Orleans, La. (Jas. Hy. Bruns, of New Orleans, La., on the brief), for defendants in error.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.


WALKER, Circuit Judge.

The court sustained demurrers to the petition of the plaintiff in error, who is herein referred to as the plaintiff, and, the plaintiff declining to plead further, his petition was dismissed. The petition, which was filed April 27, 1923, contained allegations to the following effect: The defendants, common carriers engaged in the business of transporting passengers and property by railroad by continuous carriage or shipment between points in...

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