Gianfortone v. City of New Orleans
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Action by Giuseppa Gianfortone, widow of Pietro Monasterio, and as tutrix of her minor children, to recover damages against the city of New Orleans for permitting the killing of her husband by a mob.
1Opinion of the Court
PARLANGE, District Judge.
This is a suit in damages against the city of New Orleans, brought by Giuseppa Hianfortone, widow of Pietro Monasterio, on her own behalf and as natural tutrix of her minor children, issue of her marriage with said Monasterio. The petition alleges that Monasterio, together with other persons, was arrested on the charge of having murdered the chief of police of New Orleans; that he was prosecuted, together with said other persons, for said crime, before the criminal district court for the parish of Orleans,—the trial resulting in a mistrial as to Monasterio and two of…
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