Paland v. Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans Railroad
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans^ King, J. 1. Every act whatever of man, that causes damage to another, obliges him by whose fault it happened, to repair it. R. O. 0., Art. 2315. 2. Every person is responsible for the damage he occasions, not merely by his own act, but by his negligence, his imprudence or liis want of skill.
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APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans^ King, J. 1. Every act whatever of man, that causes damage to another, obliges him by whose fault it happened, to repair it. R. O. 0., Art. 2315. 2. Every person is responsible for the damage he occasions, not merely by his own act, but by his negligence, his imprudence or liis want of skill. R. O. 0., Art. 2316. 3. The right to sue for damages suffered by or killed through an accident, survives’ to his wife, who likewise has a right of action for damages suffered by her by reason of the death. R. O. 0., Art. 2315; Acts of 1884,…
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss.
The opinion of, the court was delivered by
Poché, J.
The proceeding, thus qualified, which we are about to review, is properly an- appeal by plaintiff, in whose favor the judg-r ment on the merits wa's rendered below, from a decree which denied her motion to set aside the appeal taken by the defendant corporation, and is predicated on the following grounds:
1. That the surety on the appeal bond, was not good or sufficient for the amount for which he had bound himsélf. •
2. That'the amount of the bond furnished was insufficient to sus-' tain a suspensive appeal.
' The relief…
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