Opelousas, Gulf & N. E. Ry. Co. v. St. Landry Cotton Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; Edward Taylor Lewis, Judge. Expropriation suit by the Opelousas,' Gulf & Northeastern Railway Company against the St. Landry Cotton Oil Company. From the award of damages, defendant appeals.
1Opinion
On Rehearing.
BREAUX, C. J.
Liability vel non for jurors’ fees is the question at issue.
The judgment of the district court condemned neither the plaintiff nor the defendant to pay the per diem of the jury summoned to try the case, but held that the parish should pay them. .
From the judgment alleging error as to this item, the parish obtained a devolutive appeal to this court.
Here the contention of plaintiff is that the judgment is correct, and that the parish is liable for jury fees in expropriation proceedings regardless of result, whether the decision be for plaintiff or for defendant.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
- Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas Railroad v. HartSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1860