Supreme Court of Louisiana April 16, 1917, No. 22136 (Nelson v. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co.)

LAND, J.

This is a suit to recover $50,-000 for alleged permanent injuries sustained by Mrs. Nelson .while attempting to step off one of defendant’s passenger trains on a dark night, at Haughton, a way station a short distance east of the city of Shreveport.

The petition represents, in substance, that on November 3, 1915, Mrs.