Camp v. Church Wardens
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Second District Court of New Orleans, Lea, J. The plaintiff contends that bbth defendants are responsible, jointly and in solido, unto him, for the damage which ho has sufferod, and he bases his action upon the following propositions: 1. Every act whatever of man that causes damage to another, obliges him by whose fault it happened, to repair it.
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APPEAL from the Second District Court of New Orleans, Lea, J. The plaintiff contends that bbth defendants are responsible, jointly and in solido, unto him, for the damage which ho has sufferod, and he bases his action upon the following propositions: 1. Every act whatever of man that causes damage to another, obliges him by whose fault it happened, to repair it. C. C. La. art. 2294. C. N. art. 1382. 2. Every person is responsible for the damage he occasions, not merely by his act, but by his negligence, his imprudence or his want of skill. C. C. La. art. 2295. C. N. art. 1383. 3. We are…
1Opinion of the Court
The court was equally divided in opinion.
Eustis, C. J.
The plaintiff obtained a verdict against the defendants for the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, damages lor injury to his body and limbs, caused by the falling of the central tower of the cathedral of St. Louis, in New Orloans, on the 19th of January, 1850. On this verdict, judgment was rendered. An application for a new trial, was refused by the judge. Wo infer, from his reasons given for refusing the new trial, that he acted rather with a view to a final determination of the cause by this court, than from any strong convictions of…
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