Billiot v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Art. 2317. Acts of others and of things custody We are responsible, not only for the damage occasioned by our own act, but for that which is caused by the act of persons for whom we are answerable, or of the things which we have in our custody. This, however, is to be understood with the following modifications. * * * * * Art. 2322. Damage caused by ruin of building The owner of a building is answerable for the damage occasioned by its ruin, when this is caused by neglect to repair it, or when it is the result of a vice in its original construction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 773 So. 2d 831 - Melerine v. State

2. “the term `building' as used in the Civil Code is broad enough to include oil wells.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 773 So. 2d 831 - Melerine v. State

3. “other construction permanently attached to the ground”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 773 So. 2d 831 - Melerine v. State