Davie v. M. Levy & Sons

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

This is an action for the recovery of $15,000 damages from defendants, on the grounds stated in the petition of plaintiff, viz:

Plaintiff was a member of a fire company composing, along with the members of other companies, the Firemen’s Charitable Association, which, at tlie time of the occurrence of the facts stated in this petition, was tinder a contract with the city of New Orleans to extinguish fires. That tlie duty of extinguishing fires antler said contract was actually performed by the members of plaintiff’s fire company, who were also…