HYMEL v. TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 735.

145 So.2d 138 (1962)

Edward J. HYMEL et al. v. TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1962.

Certiorari Denied November 27, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Fleury, Robert I. Broussard, Gretna, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke & Hopkins, Harry McCall, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

James P. Vial, Leon C. Vial, III, Hahnville, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before YARRUT, MARTINEZ and RICHARDSON, JJ.


YARRUT, Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellees are the parents of an 18-year old college boy who was killed in an accident when the automobile he was driving was hit at a railroad crossing on September 16, 1959, about 7:30 o'clock A. M., at the Barton Avenue crossing, near Boutte, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.

Defendants-Appellants are the Railroad and its then operating engineer.

From a judgment in favor of Plaintiffs-Appellees, each for $6000.00, plus $2190...

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