Castille v. Cormier
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; William Campbell, Judge. Action by Alexander J. Castille and another against Joseph Cormier, Sr. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
Plaintiffs, Castille and the American Insurance Company of North America, demand $4,000, alleged to be due *641them, in the proportions of $2,800 to the one and $1,200 to the other, by reason of a loss, resulting from a fire, said to have been caused by sparks emitted from a steam-propelled tractor owned by defendant and negligently operated by his agent without a spark arrester, whereby a building and stock of merchandise, the property of Castille, valued together at the amount sued for, and insured by his coplaintiff to the extent of $1,200, are alleged to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Tortorice v. Yazoo & M. V. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
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