Culpepper v. Arkansas Southern R.

Citations

• 110 La. 745
• 34 So. 761
• 1903 La. LEXIS 703

Syllabus

<p>INJURY TO RAILROAD EMPLOYE — NEGLIGENCE —JURISDICTION.</p> <p>1. Where injury is caused a person through the fault of a railroad company in the running of one of its trains over its own tracks, which it had placed or left in such a condition as that running a train over them would be likely to result in accidents, the company is guilty of a fault not only of omission but of commission, and the court of the parish where the accident ■occurred has jurisdiction over an action brought by the person injured for the recovery of damages.</p> <p>Monroe and Provosty, JJ., dissenting.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>