Legal Opinion · Dissent

Williams v. American Mutual Liability Insurance

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 31, 1960No. 5002Published

1Dissent

ELLIS Judge:

(dissenting).

The facts in tliis record show that Bayou Rawls, which rims through the City of Opelousas, is one of two main arteries of drainage in the city. At the scene of this accident and fire, it runs under Landry Street at approximately a 45-degree angle, and it has a large concrete culvert which in reality is a bridge across Bayou Rawls at this point. This concrete culvert is approximately 67 feet long and 12 feet wide and is divided by a solid concrete wall in the center which runs from the ground to the top of the culvert its entire length, thus dividing this culvert into…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Stone v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
  2. Fontenot v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
  3. Block v. Milwaukee Street Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Atkinson v. Goodrich Transportation Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Brown v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958

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