JANICE v. TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 25565.

395 F.2d 759 (1968)

McKinley JANICE, Jr., Appellant, v. The TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 29, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Turner, Lake Charles, La., for appellant.

B. Roy Liuzza, Hudson, Potts & Bernstein, Monroe, La., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and BREWSTER, District Judge.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, as plaintiff in the trial court, sued the defendant, a foreign railroad corporation, alleging negligence in the maintenance of a railroad crossing a state highway, which it had built, causing the upset of plaintiff's automobile, as he drove over the tracks, resulting in serious personal injuries.

The defendant filed a motion for summary judgment, which was granted by the trial court, on the ground that under a "spur track...

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