LEDET v. TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 20425.

79 So.2d 604 (1955)

Jerry J. LEDET v. TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Orleans.

Rehearing Denied May 9, 1955.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 30, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Porteous & Johnson, F. Carter Johnson, Jr., New Orleans, attorneys for plaintiff-appellee.

Chaffe, McCall, Toler & Phillips, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


JANVIER, Judge.

At about 2:00 a.m., on the morning of July 22, 1953, at a railroad crossing near Boutte, a sparsely settled neighborhood, some 18 or 20 miles west of New Orleans, a motor truck belonging to plaintiff, Jerry J. Ledet, stalled on the main line track of defendant railroad company, and shortly thereafter was struck and demolished by a locomotive of defendant company which was pulling a string of 77 freight cars towards the City of New Orleans.

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