Luikart v. Yazoo & M. V. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Kouge; H. F. Brunot, Judge. Action by Carl B. Luikart against the Ya-zoo & Mississippi Valley Bailroad Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
Defendant appeals from a judgment for damages for the value of the contents of a barn, consisting mainly of farming implements, destroyed by a fire alleged to have been caused by sparks from a locomotive of the defendant railroad, company. There is no dispute about the value of the property destroyed. The only question is whether plaintiff has proven by a preponderance of evidence that the fire was caused by sparks from the locomotive.
Plaintiff was a tenant or lessee of a farm on the north side of the railroad. There was a public road running parallel with the railroad, between it and the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lemann Co. v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Palmetto Moss Factory v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
- V. & A. Meyer & Co. v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
- Tortorice v. Yazoo & M. V. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
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