Culpepper v. Leonard Truck Lines

Plaintiff instituted this suit as lessee of the Arlington Hotel building, situated in Shreveport, Louisiana, to recover for damages alleged to have been inflicted on a fire escape which is attached to said building. The Arlington Hotel building abuts a public alley and the fire escape extends out and over said alley. Plaintiff alleged that a truck owned and operated by defendant was driven into said fire escape, thereby damaging it in the amount of $125, the cost of repairs, which he seeks to recover. He alleged the accident and resulting damage were due solely to the gross negligence of the…