Legal Opinion
National Rice Milling Co. v. New Orleans & N. E. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 22, 1912No. 18,579Published
Appeal from Civil. District Court, Parish of Orleans; George H. Théard, Judge. Action by the National Rice Milling Company against the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad Company and another. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion
On the Merits.
Plaintiff claims the value of two cars of rice, valued, plaintiff alleges, at $2,326.50 net.
Plaintiff charges the destruction of the property to the negligence or want of care of the Southern Railway Company.
The following is an excerpt from the bill of lading:
“This company or other carriers over whose lines the property may pass shall not be held responsible for loss or damage (unless to prove carelessness or negligence of their employés) resulting from the leakage of oil, and so forth; nor for loss or damage to any article resulting from heat, cold, fire, flood, storm, mobs, or…
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