Orton v. Virginia Carolina Chemical Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Consolidated suits by I-I. Orton and by Mrs. Ida McAfee against the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company. Verdict for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals, and plaintiffs, answering the appeal, pray for an increase in the amount of the judgments.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Plaintiff H. Orton sues the defendant, the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company, for $11,000 damages alleged to have been sustained by him in the death of some cows, loss in the value of others, loss in the production of milk during a number of months, and in the forced abandonment of his dairy and premises, which was occasioned by the defendant wrongfully permitting poisonous gases to escape into the air falling over plaintiff’s premises, and poisonous acid to escape into a. drain emptying into a bayou running through plaintiff’s premises, which furnished the water for his cattle.
Mrs. Ida…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Froelicher v. Oswald Ironworks, LtdSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- Succession of BurrellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Froelicher v. Southern Marine WorksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Frost v. Berkeley Phosphate Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1894
- Perrin v. Crescent City Stockyard & Slaughterhouse Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
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- Hobson v. WalkerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1949
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