Thompson v. Commercial Nat. Bank

The Commercial National Bank is the owner of a banking house and office building in the city of Shreveport, ■ and the Caddo Central Oil & Refining Company, as its lessee, occupies several offices on the seventh floor of said building.

On June 9, 1920, plaintiff was struck upon the head by a part of the metal framework of an awning precipitated from a window of one of the rooms of defendant oil company. He has brought the present suit to recover of defendants in solido damages in the sum of $5,000, as compensation for the injuries received by him. Plaintiff alleges that said awning was jointly…