Legal Opinion
Esso Standard Oil Company v. Welsh
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 10, 1958No. 43072, 43073PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOISE, Justice.
These two cases were consolidated for argument in the district court and tried three times by jury. In each instance, plaintiff’s demands were rejected and defendant was awarded $35,400 in damages on his reconventional demand in the second matter above listed. After the third hearing, the trial judge rendered judgment in favor of the defendant and stated:
“I do not agree with the verdicts in these two cases because- I consider them to be manifestly erroneous as reflected by the evidence and the law applicable thereto. However, I am signing the judgments for the reason the cases…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Buckley v. Woodlawn Development CorporationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
- City Sav. Bank & Trust Co. v. Shreveport Brick Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
- Slagle v. PeytonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
- Uline Loan Co. v. Standard Oil Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1921
- Trichel Contracting Co. v. Little Creek Oil Co. of LouisianaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1956
3Cited by11 opinions
- Broadway v. All-Star Insurance CorporationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Harris v. Automatic Enterprises of Louisiana, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Prisock v. BoydLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- James v. JudiceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Rogers v. First Sewerage Dist. of City of Lake CharlesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
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