Legal Opinion
Dupre v. Roane Flying Service, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 21, 1967No. 1946PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Judge.
The plaintiff Dupre sues to recover for damages to his clover crop. The loss was allegedly caused by the negligence of the defendant flying service (Roane), whom Dupre had engaged to spray his clover field to kill a certain alien weed. After trial, the District Court found that Roane had been negligent in the process of spraying herbicide on Dupre’s clover and that, but for this negligence, the clover would not have died. Accordingly, the plaintiff was awarded damages of $11,400 for the loss of his clover-seed crop.
Roane appeals, urging primarily that the trial court erred in…
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- Town of Slidell v. TempleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
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3Cited by3 opinions
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