Joseph v. Tri Parish Flying Service, Inc.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a suit for damages for the loss of a cotton crop. The plaintiffs are Ferdie Joseph, tenant farmer who was raising the cotton, and Dorestant Fontenot, owner and lessor of the land on which the crop was planted. The defendants are Tri Parish Flying Service, Inc., operator of the airplane which allegedly sprayed the chemical on the cotton, and Raymond Bertrand, owner of the rice farm being sprayed near plaintiffs’ cotton field.

At the trial on the merits, the plaintiffs completed the presentation of their evidence, after which counsel for defendant stated to the court: “I…