STEVENS v. NEW ORLEANS AND NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO.

Civ. A. No. 69-1540.

341 F.Supp. 497 (1972)

Ruth Mims STEVENS and Mary Stevens Fortenberry v. NEW ORLEANS AND NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY (now doing business as Alabama and Great Southern Railroad Co.).

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

April 21, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max Zelden, Zelden & Zelden, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

W. Malcolm Stevenson, Walter J. Suthon, Monroe & Lemann, New Orleans, La., for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

GORDON, District Judge:

This matter comes before the Court on defendant's motion for a summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

On July 13, 1968, an automobile driven by Marion L. Stevens was traversing a railroad crossing at Hosswood Road in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. A passenger, Benjamin F. Stevens, was in the automobile with Marion L. Stevens. A train operated by the New Orleans and Northeastern...

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