Hayes v. Hayes
Cases that cite this one
11 later published cases cite this decision.
- Plantation Pipe Line Co. v. Kaiser Alum. & Chem. Corp. (La. Ct. App. 1969)
- Battig v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. (District Court, W.D. Louisiana 1977)
- Hymel v. Eagle, Inc. (La. Ct. App. 2009)
- Conoco, Inc. v. MEDIC SYSTEMS, INC. (District Court, W.D. Louisiana 2000)
- Amoco Production Company, and Texaco, Inc. v. Forest Oil Corporation (5th Cir. 1988)
- Elmer v. Coplin (La. Ct. App. 1986)
- Poplar Grove Planting & Refining Co. v. Bache Halsey Stuart Inc. (District Court, M.D. Louisiana 1979)
- Reeves v. Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company (La. 1973)
- Diamond Crystal Salt Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Grace Verret Thielman (5th Cir. 1968)
- Succession of Oliver (La. Ct. App. 1925)
- Bowman v. Phillips (Kan. 1889)
This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.
Opinion of the Court
The exception pleaded by the defendant and which vims overruled by the Court below, involves the proposition that a man may lawfully agree with another to limit his responsibility in damages for a future offence against such person’s good name. Such a doctrine is as inadmissible as it is novel. It is manifestly inconsistent with public policy that a man should he permitted to stipulate a partial impunity for the commission of a future immoral act.
Such being our opinion, it is unnecessary to inquire whether the motion to dismiss the appeal, upon the ground that the judgment was not final, was well made.
Judgment affirpied, with costs.
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