Kird v. New Orleans & N. W. Ry. Co.

Citations

• 109 La. 525
• 33 So. 587
• 60 L.R.A. 727
• 1902 La. LEXIS 157

Syllabus

<p>CARRIERS — INJURY TO PASSENGER — CROSS NEGLIGENCE.</p> <p>1. To have its freight platform constructed so near to its track that the elbow of a passenger may come in contact with freight on the platform as the passenger is seated inside of a passing car, with his elbow resting for comfort on the sill of one of the windows of the car and protruding hut slightly, is gross negligence on the part of a railway company, rendering it responsible in damages to a passenger injured under the above circumstances.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>