Legal Opinion
B & G CRANE SERVICE v. Thomas W. Hooley & Sons
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 21, 1955No. 41860PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMON, Justice.
The defendant commercial partnership, Thomas W. Hooley & Sons, is appealing from the judgment of the district court awarding to the B. • & G. Crane Service, Inc., under a verbal contract covering’ the rental of a crawler crane and crew, the sum of $6,537.50, and dismissing its reconventional demand for damages in the amount of $10,470, allegedly resulting from a defect in the crane, or the negligent manner of its operation.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Benoit v. Hunt Tool Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- Nepstad v. LambertSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
- Errickson v. F. W. Schwiers, Jr., Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1932
- Bojarski v. M. F. Howlett, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
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3Cited by37 opinions
- LeJeune v. Allstate Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- Humphreys v. Marquette Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
- Thomas W. Hooley & Sons v. Zurich General Accident & Liability InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
- Mrs. Odette Kiff, Widow of Dannie Powell, Jr., Etc. v. The Travelers Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Richardson v. TateLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
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