Granier v. Louisiana Western Railroad
Supreme Court of Louisiana
PPBAL from the Thirteenth District Court, Parish of Acadia. Lewis, J. Mr. Pierce, in his work on Railroads, pp. 283, 284 and 285, says: Liability of the company for injuries committed by lessees and others using its tracks and liability of lessees. — The company can not, in the absence of special statute authority and exemption, divest itself of responsibility for the torts of persons ope2*atmg its road by transferring its corporate powers, or leasing the road to them.
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PPBAL from the Thirteenth District Court, Parish of Acadia. Lewis, J. Mr. Pierce, in his work on Railroads, pp. 283, 284 and 285, says: Liability of the company for injuries committed by lessees and others using its tracks and liability of lessees. — The company can not, in the absence of special statute authority and exemption, divest itself of responsibility for the torts of persons ope2*atmg its road by transferring its corporate powers, or leasing the road to them. It can not by its own act absolve itself from its public obligations without the consent of the Legislature. It is liable for…
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Disbiiss Apreal.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Watkins, J.
The single ground of the motion is that the defendant and appellant has not given an appeal bond in conformity to law and the order of the court; and the reason assigned by Moore’s *882counsel is that the bond was never signed by the defendant and appellant.
It was signed as follows: “ Henry L. Garland, attorney at law and attorney in fact for A. O. Hutchinson; O. O. Duson, W. W. Duson.”
In the body of the bond occurs this recital, viz:
“Know all men by these presents that one A. O. Hutchinson, special agent of La.…
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