GOTREAUX v. GARY

No. 42510.

94 So.2d 293 (1957)

232 La. 373

Julian GOTREAUX v. Roy GARY et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Jaubert, Lake Charles, for appellant.

Herschel N. Knight, Jennings, for defendants-appellees.


MOISE, Justice.

Julian Gotreaux instituted this suit for damages in the sum of $2,405.75. It is alleged that Welsh Flying Service, Inc., sprayed 2, 4-D poisoning on the rice crop grown on Roy Gary's tenant farm on July 2, 1953, and that the wind carried the herbicide to plaintiff's crop—approximately 13.3 acres of cotton and 3 acres of peas—causing the destruction of all but one bale of cotton.

Defendants denied liability and plead lack of negligence...

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