Jones v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by John Y. Jones against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff was affirmed by the Court of Appeal, and defendant applies for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiff sues in. damages for the value of two of his mules, alleged to have been negligently run over and killed by a locomotive of the defendant company. One of the mules died immediately. The other survived two months. Both the district court and the Court of Appeal found defendant responsible, and fixed the value of the mules at $300, or $150 apiece. The suit was filed more than one year after the accident, but less than one year after the death of the mule which survived. Defendant pleaded the prescription of one year, and both courts sustained it as to the first mule, and overruled it…
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