Gibbons v. Yazoo & M. V. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; W. B. Sommerville, Judge. Action by John T. Gibbons against the Ya-zoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
This is,an action to recover the sum of $2,925.98, less a credit of $185.48, from defendant railroad company.
Hay and oats were consigned to plaintiff over defendant’s railroad. They were received here by the railroad company and stored in one of its warehouses in the city. They were destroyed by fire in the afternoon on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1908.
Plaintiff was timely notified after the mer- ' chandise had been received. It was left in the warehouse for his accommodation.
The district court rejected the demand, and plaintiff appealed.
The first ground presented involves a question of…
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