ELEPHANT, INC. v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY CO.

No. 7389.

216 So.2d 837 (1968)

ELEPHANT, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

On Rehearing December 16, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. David McNeill, III, Benett & McNeill, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Gerald L. Walter, Jr., Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Walter, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before LANDRY, CUTRER and BAILES, JJ.


BAILES, Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from an adverse judgment of the trial court sustaining a motion for summary judgment. The plaintiff, as the owner of a baby elephant, brought suit against the defendant to recover damages it suffered by reason of the death of the little elephant allegedly precipitated and caused by the actionable negligence of a certain doctor of veterinary medicine, an assured of the defendant.

In its petition, plaintiff alleges...

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