Perkins v. O'Neal's Feeders Supply, Inc.

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

Plaintiff John Perkins filed this suit against defendant, O’Neal’s Feeders Supply, Inc., to recover damages resulting from the contamination of his herd of cattle by chronic fluoride toxicosis allegedly caused by O’Neal’s negligence. The defendant filed an exception of prescription of one year. The trial court sustained the exception and dismissed plaintiffs suit.

Perkins had been in the dairy farm business for a number of years. Some time in 1973 plaintiff began purchasing the feed for his cattle from defendant, with the last sale being in April of 1979. Over a period of…