Legal Opinion

Wolfe v. Shreveport Gas, Electric Light & Power Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 10, 1916No. 20242PublishedCited by 57 opinions

Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Action by Leopold Wolff against the Shreveport Gas, Electric Light & Power Company and others. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. The following is the diagram referred to in the opinion:

1Opinion of the Court

Statement of the Case.

MONROE, C. J.

The Shreveport Gas, Electric Light & Power Company, a corporation established under the laws of this state (hereafter designated as “Shreveport Company”), and the Southwestern Gas & Electric Company, a corporation established under the laws of the state of Delaware (hereafter designated as “Southwestern Company”), are appellants from a verdict and judgment condemning them, in solido, to pay to plaintiff the sum of $2,427 as damages resulting from personal injuries sustained by him in consequence of an explosion of gas, attributed to the negligence of the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. People v. . BallardNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  2. Luedecke v. Des Moines Cabinet Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1908
  3. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Third National Bank of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. Atlantic & Birmingham Railway Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
  5. King v. AtkinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Harry F. Chaveriat, Jr. v. Williams Pipe Line CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  2. Naquin v. Marquette Casualty CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
  3. Drug, Inc. v. HuntSupreme Court of Delaware · 1933
  4. Jackson v. Diamond T. Trucking Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1968
  5. Monroe v. McDanielLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016

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