Louisiana Livestock Sanitary Board v. Manuel

WATSON, Judge.

Plaintiff, Louisiana Livestock Sanitary Board, filed this suit against defendant, Arlington Manuel, to obtain a mandatory injunction compelling Manuel to pen his cattle for identification and brucellosis *349re-testing.1 The trial court concluded that the Board had not carried its burden of proving brucellosis infection in Manuel’s cattle and dismissed the suit. The Board has appealed.

The principal issue is whether there is manifest error in the trial court’s conclusion that the Board failed to prove its case. Subsidiary issues relate to the sufficiency and admissibility of various…