Coate Bros. v. New Orleans Terminal Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Action by Coate Bros, against the New Orleans Terminal Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiffs sued the defendant to recover $3,048.95, damages on a shipment of 24 carloads of cotton seed cake by rail from Leland, Miss., consigned to Aarhus, Denmark, in care of the Gans Line, at New Orleans.
The petition alleges that the said cars were delivered to the New Orleans Terminal Company, at New Orleans, the said defendant in turn being under duty, having accepted said cars, to deliver the same in like good order and condition to the Gans Steamship Line for transportation to Aarhus.
The petition further alleges that (the greater part of said merchandise was by defendant stored on its…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Duvall v. Louisiana Western R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- Duvall v. Louisiana Western R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1915