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DAVIS v. CORONA COAL CO.

No. 819.

265 U.S. 219 (1924)

44 S.Ct. 552

68 L.Ed. 987

DAVIS, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS, AS AGENT OF THE UNITED STATES, v. CORONA COAL COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harry McCall, with whom Mr. George Denegre, Mr. Victor Leovy, Mr. Henry H. Chaffe, Mr. Jas. Hy. Bruns, Mr. E.L. Gladney, Jr., Mr. A.A. McLaughlin and Mr. Sidney F. Andrews were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Richard B. Montgomery, for respondent, submitted.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

On March 3, 1923, the Director General of Railroads sued the respondent Coal Company in a City Court of New Orleans, for damages done by it to a railroad wharf on January 9, 1920, while the wharf was under federal control. The Coal Company pleaded the prescription of one year under the statutes of Louisiana. Civil Code, Art. 3536. This defence was upheld by the City Court...

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