Priest v. Browning

HARDY, Judge.

Plaintiff brought suit against defendant for the recovery of the sum of $175, representing the value of a shorthorn heifer alleged to have been accidentally killed by defendant’s negligent operation of an automobile on a public highway in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, in open range territory. After trial there was judgment in favor of plaintiff from which defendant has appealed.

In this court, and before submission of the case, defendant filed exceptions of no cause of action and no right of action, which are predicated upon the contention that plaintiff sued as owner of the animal;…