WHEAT v. NEW ORLEANS AND NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO.

No. 46863.

163 So.2d 65 (1964)

245 La. 1099

Elmer L. WHEAT and Cleve T. Smith v. NEW ORLEANS AND NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Alva Brumfield, Sylvia Roberts, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-relators.

Monroe & Lemann, Malcolm L. Monroe, New Orleans, Benj. W. Miller, Bogalusa, Walter J. Suthon, Jr., Benj. R. Slater, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-respondents.


HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Plaintiff-relator Elmer L. Wheat instituted suit to recover for personal injuries allegedly sustained as a result of a collision of a passenger train and an automobile which he was driving. Plaintiff-relator Cleve T. Smith, owner of the car, in a separate suit seeks judgment for the value of the automobile, which was completely demolished in the collision. Various parties were named defendants, but both suits were dismissed by plaintiffs as to...

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