LaSalle Pump & Supply Co. v. Louisiana Midland Railroad

DOUCET, Judge.

This case comes before us on appeal after we remanded it on an earlier appeal for the purpose of re-litigating the damage to the contents of a warehouse owned by La-Salle Pump & Supply Co. (hereinafter referred to as LaSalle), plaintiff-appellee, which were destroyed by a fire negligently caused by La. Midland Railroad Co. (hereinafter referred to as Midland), defendant-appellant. On remand the trial court held that the plaintiff had sufficiently proved these damages with competent evidence and awarded LaSalle $82,607.58 plus costs and legal interest from the date of judicial…