Case Name: ODOM v. THE PEOPLE'S GIN CO., INC., ET AL.
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1932-01-14
Citations: 18 La. App. 589
Docket Number: No. 4106
Parties: ODOM v. THE PEOPLE’S GIN CO., INC., ET AL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 589–590

Head Matter:
No. 4106
Second Circuit
ODOM v. THE PEOPLE’S GIN CO., INC., ET AL.
(January 14, 1932. Opinion and Decree.)
J. W. Elder, of Ruston, attorney for plaintiff, appellee.
Harvey G. Fields, of Farmerville, attorney for defendant, appellant.

Opinion:
McGREGOR, J.
This is a case involving the liability of a warehouseman for the loss of cotton by fire. There was. judgment in the lower court in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendant has appealed devolutively. The court found from the evidence that the defendant was guilty of negligence in not providing sufficient safeguards and protection for the cotton stored with him. This is purely a question of fact. Counsel for appellant has not appeared before us, nor has he favored us with a brief supporting the appeal. Under the circumstances and in accordance with our custom, we are justified in presuming that the appeal has been abandoned. Furthermore, after a careful reading of the record in the case, we find no manifest error in. the judgment appealed from and it is, therefore, affirmed, with all costs. i I