Marlatt v. Levee Steam Cotton Press Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. AI'PEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action to recover from the defendants the sum of seven hundred and fifty-four dollars * and thirty-seven cents, the value of a boat load of coal, which is alleged to have been sunk and lost through their negligence.
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Eastern Dist. AI'PEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action to recover from the defendants the sum of seven hundred and fifty-four dollars * and thirty-seven cents, the value of a boat load of coal, which is alleged to have been sunk and lost through their negligence. The plaintiff alleges, that his agent contracted with the president of the Levee Cotton Press Company, to have a boat load of coal unloaded, for the price of forty dollars, and which was then lying at the levee, opposite the cotton press ; that said boat was delivered into the care and custody of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Martin, J-,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The petition charges, that the defendants contracted with the plaintiffs’ agent to unload a boat load of coal, for a fixed price; that the boat was, for that purpose, delivered into their care and custody; and that through their carelessness and neglect, the boat and coal were sunk and destroyed, wherefore he prayed for damages.
The defendants pleaded the general issue. There was a verdict and judgment against them, and they appealed.
Our attention is first drawn to a bill of exceptions to the charge of the court, instructing the jury, that, if they…
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