Smith v. City of New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred D. King, Judge. Action by Mrs. Elizabeth Smith against the City of New Orleans. From judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONRÓE, C. J.
Plaintiff left her residence on Sunday morning, January 23, 1910, and, proceeding to the nearby corner of Prytania and Antoine streets, in order to take a car, walked upon the plank covering of the gutter, or ditch, which traverses Prytania street at that point, extending from the curb to the railroad track and serving as a crossing for pedestrians over the unpaved street, and, in so doing, stepped in, or upon, an ob*982long hole which had been rotted in one of the planks of the covering, and, the rotten wood by which the hole was surrounded giving way and the…
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