SPURGEON v. TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY

No. 444.

138 So.2d 128 (1962)

Ida Johnson SPURGEON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 1962.

Certiorari Denied April 30, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank H. Peterman, Alexandria, and Gerard F. Thomas, Jr., Natchitoches, for defendant-appellant.

Frugé & Foret, by Jack C. Fruge, Ville Platte, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before TATE, SAVOY and HOOD, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

The plaintiff brings this suit to recover damages for the wrongful death of her husband, James Spurgeon. He was killed when one of the defendant's trains collided with a car driven by William Renz in which the decedent Spurgeon was riding as a passenger. The defendant appeals from adverse judgment.

All issues of the present appeal have been discussed in the companion appeal decided this same day arising out of the same accident. Renz v. Texas...

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