PERKINS v. TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 464.

137 So.2d 673 (1962)

Maxine PERKINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 27, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Porter and John B. Scofield, by Thomas F. Porter, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

Camp, Palmer, Yelverton & Carwile, by Henry Yelverton, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGE and HOOD, JJ.


FRUGE, Judge.

This suit involves a fatal train-automobile accident which occurred in the Town of Vinton, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. The accident occurred at the intersection of Eddie Street and The Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company tracks. Eddie Street runs in a generally North and South direction and the defendant's main line railroad tracks run generally East and West. The railroad crossing in question was protected by a Louisiana Law railroad stop sign,...

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