Legal Opinion
Olivedell Planting Co. v. Town of Lake Providence
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 29, 1950No. 39181-39183PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOISE, Justice.
The town of Lake Providence is appealing in these three consolidated cases from judgments for damages against it totaling $40,662.00, with legal interest from December 11, 1945. The basis of the actions is one sounding in tort against the Town for the negligent operation of its electric light and power plant, the proximate cause of the loss of plaintiffs’ properties by fire.
The plaintiffs, in three separate suits, alleged specific acts of negligence of the Town of Lake Providence in the construction, maintenance and operation of its transmission lines, and have filed a plea of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- City of Omaha v. Omaha Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Watson v. MercerSupreme Court of the United States · 1834
- Ricks v. Department of State Civil ServiceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
- Hebert v. Lake Charles Ice, Light & Waterworks Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- State ex rel. Labauve v. MichelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Heirs of Boagni v. ThorntonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
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