Legal Opinion
H. P. Richard & Sons v. Director General of Railroads
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 1, 1926No. 25388PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This is a suit for damages growing out of a shipment of a lot of cotton over the Texas & Pacific Railway from Church Point to New Orleans.
The lot comprised 521 bales and was delivered to the carrier in different quantities and at different times beginning with a shipment on October 9 and ending with a shipment on December 23, 1918.
It is alleged substantially that the cotton was delivered to the carrier in good condition and when delivered to the consignee in New Orleans that 251 bales of said cotton were so water soaked and so badly damaged that the said number of bales had to be sent to the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- National Rice Milling Co. v. New Orleans & N. E. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
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