Salmen Brick & Lumber Co. v. Southern Pac. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans ; Fred D. King, Judge. Action by the Salmen Brick & Lumber Company, Limited, against the Southern Pacific Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
- Plaintiff sued for damages in the sum of $4,101.72, with legal interest from February 1, 1908. Plaintiff charges that on or about the 1st day of February defendant by its negligence caused it to lose a barge load of lumber and creosote piling. Plaintiff states that about the 1st day of February ";s agents and employes properly .moored its- barges loaded with lumber on the banks of the Mississippi near Belair, La.; that the steamer Creole of defendant company passed the point at which the barges were moored at such a high rate of speed and so close to the barges that the swell and suction of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Nelson v. The MajesticCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1891
- The Chester W. ChapinDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1907
- The Asbury ParkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1906
- The RotherfieldDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1903
- The MorrisaniaU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1876
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