FORD v. ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RY. CO.

No. 17377-CA.

480 So.2d 873 (1985)

Wilbur FORD, Jr., Appellant, v. ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 4, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharp & Sharp by James Sharp, Jr., Monroe, for appellant.

Wilkinson, Carmody & Gilliam by Arthur R. Carmody, Jr., Shreveport, for appellees.

Before HALL, NORRIS and LINDSAY, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals a lower court judgment dismissing his suit as abandoned under LSA-C.C.P. art. 561. Defendants, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company and its employee, D.L. Roberts, moved for dismissal and after a hearing the motion was granted. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS

Plaintiff, Wilbur Ford, originally filed suit on November 26, 1974, against St. Louis Railway, its employee and a number of Plain Dealing city officials...

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