Abraham v. Castille

LE BLANC, Judge.

This is a suit for damages against the owner of a calf, predicated on article 2321 of the Civil Code, which makes the owner of an animal answerable for the damage caused by it.

The undisputed facts are that this calf, which had strayed on the public road from the pasture in which it was inclosed, was thrown, from an impact with one automobile going in one direction, against the radiator of another car going in the opposite direction. The plaintiff, who was in this last car, claims to have suffered severe injury to her back and ankles by reason of the jolt she received when the…