Pacific Fire Ins. v. Eunice Motor Car Co.

In its application for rehearing, the defendant assigns two errors which it contends we mad'e in our opinion, viz.:(1) “in placing the defendant in the position of an insurer by holding it responsible, under' the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur where no negligent acts were proven, solely because the employees were unable to explain the cause of the fire” ;(2) the decision “is in conflict with the principle of law announced by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case of Davis v. Teche Lines, 1942, 200 La. 1, 7 So.2d 365.”

With reference to the first assigned error, we definitely state that we…