No. 8210 Precedential Processed

Dance v. Middleton

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit · Filed December 1, 1954 · 76 So. 2d 598

Also decided on this docket: La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., May 27, 1981 400 So. 2d 289; La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., June 7, 1977 347 So. 2d 319; La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., February 1, 1971 244 So. 2d 868; La., April 15, 1881 33 La. Ann. 406

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Opinion text

•HARDY, Judge. This is a, companion suit to the case of Carter v. Middleton, No. 8209, La.App., 76 So.2d 594 . The cases were consolidated for trial and the facts involved are identical. • The plaintiff in this case, Frank M. Dance, was the owner of the property which was leased to Carter and brought this *599 suit to recover the value of the Barn, a structure some 40 by 30 feet, allegedly valued at $1,500, together with an additional sum of $260 alleged to have been the value of 1,000 feet of lumber, a loading rack and a pecan tree, which were also destroyed in the fire. There was judgment in favor of plaintiff in the principal sum of $1,460, from which the defendants have appealed. For the reasons assigned in the 'case of Carter v. Middleton, No. 8209, La.App., 76 So.2d 594 , the judgment appealed from is affirmed at appellant’s cost. AYRES, J., recused.