DUBOIS v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO.

No. 40292.

59 So.2d 107 (1952)

221 La. 161

DUBOIS et al. v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Liskow & Lewis, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

Kibbe & Bailey, Abbeville, for plaintiffs-appellees.


PONDER, Justice.

The defendant has appealed from an adverse judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for the sum of $5,688.79, with legal interest from judicial demand, for damages to a rice crop resulting from an overflow of oil from a battery of storage tanks owned and operated by the defendant. The defendant concedes liability but contends on this appeal that the award of damages is excessive.

The defendant takes the position that the yield of rice which could...

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