Perkins v. Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company

Decided December 10, 1962. Joe W. Sanders wrote the opinion for the court.

147 So. 2d 646 · Cited 82 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Dixie Drive It Yourself System New Orleans Co. v. American Beverage Co. · 137 So. 2d 298
• Ford v. Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 252 S.W.2d 561
• Brown v. S. A. Bourg & Sons, Inc. · 118 So. 2d 891
• Leonard v. Holmes & Barnes, Limited · 94 So. 2d 241
• D & D PLANTING CO. v. Employers Casualty Co. · 124 So. 2d 908
• Hollabaugh-Seale Funeral Home, Inc. v. Standard Acc. Ins. · 41 So. 2d 212
• Alanza v. Texas P. Ry. Co. · 32 So. 2d 341

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• Fisher v. Walters · 428 So. 2d 431
• Jordan v. Travelers Insurance Company · 245 So. 2d 151
• Lasha v. Olin Corp. · 625 So. 2d 1002
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• Boudreaux v. American Insurance Company · 264 So. 2d 621
• Naquin v. Marquette Casualty Company · 153 So. 2d 395
• Lombard v. Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans · 284 So. 2d 905
• Laird v. Travelers Insurance Company · 267 So. 2d 714
• Town of Slidell v. Temple · 164 So. 2d 276
• Thomas v. Missouri Pacific RR Co. · 466 So. 2d 1280
• Gates v. Ashy Construction Company · 171 So. 2d 742
• Craig v. Burch · 228 So. 2d 723
• Vonner v. STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE · 273 So. 2d 252
• Townsend v. State, Department of Highways · 322 So. 2d 139
• McDaniel v. Welsh · 234 So. 2d 833
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• Lee v. Peerless Insurance Company · 183 So. 2d 328
• Pitre v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp. · 234 So. 2d 847
• Lambert v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. · 184 So. 2d 107
• Lutheran Church of Good Shepherd v. Canfield · 233 So. 2d 331
• Gatte v. Coal Operators Casualty Company · 236 So. 2d 485
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