Legal Opinion

Bass v. Yazoo & M. V. R.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 25, 1915No. 21075PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Certified from Court of Appeal, First Circuit. Action by B. A. Bass against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. From a judgment of dismissal, plaintiff appeals to the Court of Appeal, which certifies two questions to the Supreme Court.

1Opinion of the Court

O’NIELL, X

This is a suit for damages alleged to have been sustained as a result of negligence on the part of the defendant railroad company in the alleged failure to deliver in good condition several car loads of cattle shipped by the iffaintiff from the parish of East Feliciana, La., to a firm in East St. Louis, 111. The suit was filed in the district court of the parish of East Feliciana on the 2oth of March, 1914. On the 5th of May, 1914, the defendant, whose domicile is in New Orleans, filed a plea to the jurisdiction of the court.

While the defendant’s plea to the jurisdiction was…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Picone v. LyonsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
  2. Caldwell ex rel. State v. Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
  3. McKee v. EskriggeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
  4. Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co. v. Railroad CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
  5. Buddy" Caldwell, Attorney General Ex Rel. State of Louisiana v. Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc. "Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2012

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