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· 11/21/1904

W. W. Carre & Co. v. Massie

Citations

  • 113 La. 608
  • 37 So. 530
  • 1904 La. LEXIS 681

Syllabus

<p>JUDGMENT — EXCESSIVE RECOVERY — ELEADINff —AMENDMENT.</p> <p>1. Where the amount sued for represents the alleged value of 162 saw logs, on the basis of $4.50 per M feet of board measure, plaintiff cannot recover for 125 logs on the basis of $6.38 per M, as the increase of the measure necessarily augments the demand as to the 125 logs beyond the pleadings.</p> <p>■ 2. Plaintiff, having failed to amend his petition, must lose the overplus. Code Prac. art. 156.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>

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