Coleman v. Fire Ins. Patrol
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred Durieve King, Judge. Action by David Coleman against the Fire Insurance Patrol of New Orleans. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff, who was one of the officers in charge of hook and ladder truck No. 4, of the New Orleans fire department, was injured, whilst going to a fire, as the result of a collision between the truck and fire patrol wagon 'No. 4, belonging to the fire insurance patrol of New Orleans; and, having brought this-suit for damages, obtained judgment for $1,600, from which-the fire insurance patrol has appealed.
The facts, as they appear to us; from .the evidence, are as follows:
On the night of June 23, 1905, between 11 and 12 o’clock, an alarm of fire was sounded…
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