MANSFIELD BANK & TRUST CO. v. BROWN

No. 13386.

353 So.2d 1056 (1977)

MANSFIELD BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Curator of the Interdicts, Beatrice Gamble and Carlette Gamble Hicks, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Webster Lolan BROWN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maynard E. Cush, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

Colvin, Hunter, Brown, Plummer & Means, by David B. Means, III, Mansfield, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BOLIN, PRICE and MARVIN, JJ.


BOLIN, Judge.

Based entirely on circumstantial evidence, the trial court found defendant intentionally burned an abandoned house owned by two interdicts. From a money judgment against defendant, he appeals. We reverse.

The issue is whether there is sufficient circumstantial evidence to support the conclusion of the trial judge that defendant was responsible for the fire.

Defendant lived with his mother in a rural area directly across the road from...

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