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LOUISIANA & ARKANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. MOORE

No. 15747.

229 F.2d 1 (1956)

LOUISIANA & ARKANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Mrs. Irene Booth MOORE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Holloman, Alexandria, La., for appellant. Joseph R. Brown, Kansas City, Mo., of counsel.

Harry V. Booth, Shreveport, La., Booth, Lockard, Jack & Pleasant, Shreveport, La., for appellee.

Before RIVES, TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit for wrongful death brought against the railroad under Section 1 of the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51, by the administratrix of the estate of one of its employees. The deceased, a trainmaster on the railroad, was killed in a head-on collision of the Southern Belle No. 1 and the Extra 51-A which occurred at 7:03 A.M. on August 10, 1951, on a section of track near Lettsworth, Louisiana, leased by the railroad...

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