Legal Opinion
Duvall v. Louisiana Western R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 27, 1914No. 20,466PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Case Certified from Court of Appeal, Parish of Acadia. Action by Elsie Duvall against the Louisiana Western Railroad Company. On certificate from the Court of Appeal of Acadia parish.
1Opinion of the CourtProvo Sty, J.
The judges of the Court of Appeal for the First District have certified to this court the following question:
“In a case like this, where plaintiff proves only that the damages occurred somewhere between the point of shipment and the point of delivery, but fails absolutely to show that the damage occurred to the' stock whilst it was in custody of defendant company and whilst it was being transported over its line, or where the proof fails to show on which of the intermediate railroad lines the damage was inflicted on the stock, is not plaintiff, under such a state of facts by virtue of the…
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