Police Jury Parish of Iberville v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Pirst Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberville; Calvin Kendrick Sehwing, Judge. Action by the Police Jury Parish of Iber-ville against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company and others. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is an action to recover ■$20,000 damages for the destruction by fire of the parish bridge at Plaquemine on July ■25, 1905, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the firm of Carnes, Bass & Benkenstain and of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. The third defendant, the’ Evangeline Oil Company, is sought to be held liable as having assumed said commercial firm’s obligations and liabilities by taking over its property and rights. For the sake of brevity, the defendants will hereafter be styled the “railway,” the “firm,” and “oil company.” It is charged that the firm…
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