Scott v. Sample
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Cáddo; J. R. Land, Judge. Action by W. T. Scott against A. N. Sample. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion
On Rehearing.
DAWKINS, J.
[3] On reconsideration we are convinced that the finding in our former decision that the defendant was guilty of negligence in failing to maintain a watchman over the cotton after it had been delivered on the railroad platform was erroneous. The platform was built by and was the property of the railroad company, erected for the convenience of the owners of the cotton, to facilitate its shipment, and was the point at which it was received by the railroad, just as much so as the platform of any regular freight depot. The only connection that it had with defendant’s…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sea Ins. v. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1908
- Gibbons v. Yazoo & M. V. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
- Schwartz, Kauffman & Co. v. BaerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1869
- McCullom v. PorterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1865
- V. & A. Meyer & Co. v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
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