Legal Opinion
Leigh v. Johnson-Evans Motors
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 29, 1954No. 8178PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
75 So.2d 710 (1954)
LEIGH
v.
JOHNSON-EVANS MOTORS, Inc.
No. 8178.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.
June 25, 1954.
On Rehearing October 29, 1954.
Morgan, Baker & Skeels, Shreveport, for appellant.
Cecil C. Lowe, Minden, for appellee.
AYRES, Judge.
This is an action for damages for the destruction of plaintiff's automobile by fire in the garage of Johnson-Evans Motors, Inc., where it had been delivered for repairs, and for inconvenience and loss of the use of the automobile. The defendants are the motor company and its insurer.
The district court applied the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur to…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Lykiardopoulo v. New Orleans & C. R., Light & PowerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
- Cusimano v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
- Jones v. Shell Petroleum CorporationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
- Gerald v. Standard Oil Co. of LouisianaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
- Hebert v. Lake Charles Ice, Light & Waterworks Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Vogt v. HotardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Holder v. LockwoodLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
- Great American Indemnity Company v. FordLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
- Labbe v. Mt. Beacon Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
- Jeter v. LachleLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1958
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