Legal Opinion

Berje v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 15, 1885No. 9404PublishedCited by 6 opinions

APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Bightor, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Manning, J.

The suit is for damages for delay in delivering cotton shipped from Shreveport and from several places in Texas. The items are(1) Loss incurred in replacing 887 bales of cotton..........$1479 99(2) Expenses for re-classing, re-weighing, extra drayage, etc., on cotton arriving in driblets on 849 bales............ 296 11(3) Loss of market on 317 bales........................... 552 25(4) Loss of interest on capital invested.................... 275 22(5) Loss on account of capital locked up................... 5000 00

Total........................…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Morton v. PollardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1836

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Watson v. FeibelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
  2. Godchaux v. HydeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
  3. State v. HattawaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
  4. Parkerson v. Home Protection ServiceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1945
  5. H. T. Cottam & Co. v. Illinois Central RailroadLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1925

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