Legal Opinion

Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. New Orleans & N. E. R.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 2, 1920No. 22025PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge. Action by the Southern Cotton Oil Company against the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

In this case, his honor,

Mr. Chief Justice MONROE,

being recused and their honors being evenly divided in opinion as to the proper determination to be made of the issues involved, Judge MAX DINKELSPIEL, of the Court of Appeal for the parish of Orleans, having been called upon by previous order of this court to sit in the case, pronounced the judgment of the court therein, in words and figures, as follows, to wit:

On October 11, 1913, plaintiff, the Southern Cotton Oil Company, entered into a written contract with the Southern Oil & Fertilizer Company of Meridian, Miss., to purchase from them a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lehman, Stern & Co. v. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas R. & S. S. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
  2. National Rice Milling Co. v. New Orleans & N. E. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
  3. Darrall v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
  4. Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad v. DunavantSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
  5. Gulf Coast Transportation Co. v. HowellSupreme Court of Florida · 1915

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Southwestern S. & M. Co. v. Industrial Mollasses Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
  2. American Sugar Refining Co. v. Illinois Cent. R.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1952
  3. Guidry v. Texas & Pacific Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1927
  4. Eatman v. T. & P. R. R. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1927
  5. Jennings v. Missouri Pac. R. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1931

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