Legal Opinion
Le Bleu v. Shell Petroleum Corporation
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 14, 1935No. 1472PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LE BLANC, Judge.
The defendant appeals from a judgment in the lower court which condemned it to pay the plaintiff $900 for damages to his house alleged to have been caused by its negligence in exploding a charge of dynamite on’ his premises while making geophysical investigations and exploring the neighboring country for mineral indications by means' of the seismograph. The demand was for $1,000, and plaintiff has answered the appeal asking for an increase in the award to that sum.
Plaintiff’s house is situated in the country in or near the settlement in Calcasieu parish known as Chloe. On June…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McIlhenny v. Roxana Petroleum Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1929
- Thistlethwaite v. Shell Petroleum CorporationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
3Cited by4 opinions
- Fontenot v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
- Brown v. L. S. Lunder Construction Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1942
- Central Expl. Co., Inc. v. Gray, Et Ux.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1954
- Elijah J. Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958