Caldwell v. City of Shreveport
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; John R. Land, Judge. Action by S. C. Caldwell against the City of Shreveport. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
This is a suit for damages, in the sum of $18,150, alleged to have been *467caused by tbe caving-in of an excavation in a street. Judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff for $3,150, with legal interest from the date of the judgment, and defendant has appealed. Answering the appeal, plaintiff prays that the judgment be increased to the amount sued for.'
The municipality, having dug a trench into which was laid a sewer pipe, in Portland avenue, neglected to tamp the dirt with which the trench was filled. The city engineer called attention to the faulty method of filling the trench, but the…
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