Cobb v. Louisiana Board of Institutions

PONDER, Justice.

The plaintiff brought suit against the Louisiana Board of Institutions and the State of Louisiana, under the provisions of Senate Bill No. 100 passed at the 1956 session of the legislature, for the sum of $50,000, interest, and costs, for the loss of twenty registered Aberdeen Angus breeding cows, wherein it was alleged that these cows met their death by consuming a liquid purchased from the Louisiana State Penitentiary. The defendants entered a plea to the jurisdiction of the court and exceptions of no right and no cause of action. These exceptions and plea were overruled and…