TALBERT v. TYLER

No. 43720.

117 So.2d 824 (1960)

239 La. 1

S. F. TALBERT v. J. E. (Scooter) TYLER et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 15, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gahagan & Gahagan, Natchitoches, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gravel, Humphries, Sheffield & Fuhrer, Alexandria, Watson, Williams & Brittain, Natchitoches, for defendants-appellees.


HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Plaintiff instituted this suit to recover from the defendants in solido $5,000 as damages caused by a grass fire in January, 1956, which the record discloses burned over 57 acres of hill pasture land owned by the plaintiff in De Soto Parish. Plaintiff alleged that the fire was caused by the negligence of an employee of one of the defendants. After trial on the merits the suit was dismissed, and plaintiff has appealed.

In the fall of 1954...

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