Code undertook to abolish these distinctions by enacting that "every act whatever of man that causes damage to another, obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it. The Southern Reporter - Page 51905Full view - About this book
| Louisiana - Civics - 1825 - 804 pages
...are contracted. CHAPTER II. • Of Offences and Quasi- Offences. ART. 2294. — Every act whatever of man, that causes damage to another, obliges him, by whose fault it happened, to repair it. ART. 2295. — Every person is responsible for the damage he occasions not merely by his act, but by... | |
| Law - 1874 - 486 pages
...the French Civil Code undertook to abolish these distinctions by enacting that " every act whatever of man that causes damage to another, obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it." (o) Toulier, in his commentary on the code, regards this as a happy thonght, and a return to the law... | |
| Louisiana. Supreme Court, Merritt M. Robinson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 620 pages
...authority, from the drawee, does him an injury, and we have a textual provision, that " every act whatever of man that causes damage to another, obliges him by whose fault it happened, to repair it." Civil Code, art. 2294. On the maturity of the bill the drawer may be discharged, by the neglect of... | |
| Louisiana. Supreme Court, Merritt M. Robinson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 676 pages
...quasi-contract. It can be claimed only under that article of our Code which declares, that any act whatever of man, that causes damage to another, obliges him by whose fault it happens to repair it. Art. 2294. This article, which is the first one under the head of " offences... | |
| Louisiana. Supreme Court, Merritt M. Robinson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1847 - 680 pages
...with the institution. This is, in our opinion, pushing to a rather unreasonable extent the principle, that every act of man that causes damage to another, obliges him by whose fault it happens, to repair it. To support the position assumed, the counsel have quoted the decisions of this... | |
| Louisiana. Supreme Court, Merritt M. Robinson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1847 - 724 pages
...election of the Pope. • Wardens of the Church of St. Louia v. Blanc, Bishop. act whatever of man, which causes damage to another, obliges him, by whose fault it happened, to repair it," and that "every person is responsible for the damage which he occasions, not merely by his act, but by... | |
| Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 732 pages
...goods in the steamships of defendants and were refused. The statute declares, that " every act whatever of man that causes damage to another obliges him by whose fault it happened," &c. Even if it were conceded that the common carrier is bound in general not HARRIS to object to any... | |
| Louisiana - Law - 1870 - 916 pages
...•whose fault it happened to repair it," be re-enaeted and amended so as to read, "Every act whatever of man that causes damage to another, obliges him by -whose fault it happened to repair it; the right of this action shall survive in cases of death in favor of the minor children and widow of... | |
| Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 742 pages
...are thus defined (С. С. 2294; Revised С. С. 2315): "Every act whatever of man that causes damages to another, obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it." Pothier says: "These differ from quasi contracts, inasmuch as the subject of a quasi contract is permitted... | |
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