TRAHAN v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 8894.

209 F.Supp. 334 (1962)

Anna Louise Dupont TRAHAN, Next of Friend for Michael Joseph Trahan v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Lafayette Division.

September 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Rixie Mouton, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff.

Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, Richard C. Meaux, Lafayette, La., for defendant.


PUTNAM, District Judge.

On or about June 25, 1961 the Sunset Limited, a fast passenger train operated by defendant Southern Pacific Railway Co., struck an automobile at a crossing in Lafayette Parish, killing four occupants of the vehicle. The survivors of the victims of this tragedy have filed eleven separate suits in this court for recovery of their alleged damages; the defendant has moved to dismiss in each instance for non-joinder of indispensable parties and...

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