Legal Opinion
Forcum-James Co. v. Duke Transportation Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 21, 1957No. 42695PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
This suit was instituted by ForcumJames Company, Inc., against J. C. Duke, doing business as Duke Transportation Company, and his liability insurer, Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, to recover the sum of $2,396.90, this being the alleged damage sustained by a temporary bridge constructed by plaintiff on the Alto-Monroe Highway (Louisiana Highway No. 15) across Bayou Lafourche in Richland Parish, Louisiana, when it collapsed under the weight of an overloaded truck owned by Duke (hereinafter called “defendant”).
On May 28, 1953, defendant’s employee, one Doyle Flurry,…
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