FRANCIS v. THOMPSON

No. 7826.

59 So.2d 382 (1952)

FRANCIS v. THOMPSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gravel & Downs, E. M. Nichols, Alexandria, for appellant.

Hudson, Potts, Bernstein & Davenport, Monroe, for appellee.


McINNIS, Judge ad hoc.

On October 8, 1950 a freight train of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, of which Guy A. Thompson is trustee, ran over and killed a large Brahma bull, at or near Longleaf, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, for which plaintiff demands $448 as the value of the bull.

Negligence charged to the employees of the railroad is that they knew, or should have known, of the presence of cattle in the vicinity...

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