DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. DENDINGER

No. 3423.

53 So.2d 290 (1951)

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. DENDINGER, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana. First Circuit.

June 29, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, for appellant.

Jos A. Loret, W. Crosby Pegues, Jr., Baton Rouge, for appellee.


ELLIS, Judge.

This is a suit for damages to a bridge across the Amite River at Clio, Louisiana, when a barge belonging to the defendant and being towed by defendant's motor boat, the Calla, struck the concrete pillar or foundation under the swinging span at about 2:45 P.M. on February 4, 1947.

The suit was removed to the Federal Court but jurisdiction was refused by the Federal Court and it was sent back to the State Court.

The plaintiff alleged that...

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