Williams v. Kansas City, S. & G. Ry. Co.

Citations

• 120 La. 870
• 45 So. 924
• 1908 La. LEXIS 584

Syllabus

<p>1. Master and Servant — Relationship—Injury to Servant.</p> <p>A contract, or traffic arrangement, by which, for the purpose of having a continuous line between two points, one railroad company operates the railroads of two other railroad companies, and the three roads divide the freight according to mileage, is not a partnership or agency; and, in consequence, the employes of the operating company are not the employes of the other two companies, and hence have no right of action against them for injury resulting from the negligence of the operating company in the operations of its trains.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 34, Master and Servant, § 149.]</p> <p>2. Same.</p> <p>Travis v. Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf R. R. Co., 119 La. 489, 44 South. 274, 10 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1189, reaffirmed.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>