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HARRIS v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO.

No. 15148.

220 F.2d 734 (1955)

Gatha Banks HARRIS, etc., Appellant, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 6, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Alva Brumfield, Fred G. Benton, Sr., Baton Rouge, for complainant-appellant.

H. Payne Breazeale, Sr., Wilson B. Holcombe, Calvin E. Hardin, Jr., A. M. Curtis, Baton Rouge, La., for appellees.

Powell A. Casey, John M. Carville, Baton Rouge, La., for Esso Standard Oil Co.

Durrett & Hardin, Baton Rouge, La., for American Employers Ins. Co.

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Bator, Rouge, La., for Illinois Cent. R. Co.

Before HOLMES and RIVES, Circuit Judges, and WRIGHT, District Judge.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This action is for the wrongful death of the deceased, who was killed by a train that passed over his body, while he was lying prostrate between the rails and in a manifestly helpless condition, in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The complaint as originally filed was for damages resulting to the widow of the deceased and two named children born of the marriage. The plaintiff sued for damages in the sum of $50,000 for herself and the...

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