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PELLOQUIN v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 2519.

216 So.2d 686 (1968)

Sidney PELLOQUIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearings Denied January 10, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dubuisson & Dubuisson, by William A. Brinkhaus, Opelousas, for defendant-appellant.

Guillory, Guillory & Guillory, by I. J. Guillory, Jr., Eunice, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGE, and SAVOY, JJ.

TATE, Judge.

The plaintiff sues for crop damage caused by fire. He alleges that the defendant railroad permitted a fire on its right of way to get out of control and to spread upon his neighboring field. The trial court awarded him damages of $1440 for the destruction of a 16-acre stand of growing lespedeza clover. The defendant appeals.

The principal issue on this appeal is whether the trial court arrived at the...

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