Cofield v. Black Lake Lumber Co.

Citations

• 123 La. 944
• 49 So. 650
• 1909 La. LEXIS 806

Syllabus

<p>1. Negligence (§ 121*) — Evidence.</p> <p>In a suit for damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff is bound to prove the alleged negligence of the defendant by a preponderance of the evidence.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Negligence, Cent. Dig. §§ 217-228; Dec. Dig. § 121. *J</p> <p>2. Evidence (§ 598*) — Review—Sufficiency of Evidence.</p> <p>Where, on vital issues of fact, the testimony of the injured person, a youth in his seventeenth year, is contradicted by four unimpeached witnesses for the defense, and their version of the facts is as probable as that of the injured person, the judgment below will be reversed as clearly erroneous.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Evidence, Cent. Dig. §§ 2450-2452; Dec. Dig. § 598.*]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>