Legal Opinion
Marine Insurance Co. v. Strecker
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 25, 1956No. 20649PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JANVIER, Judge.
The question presented is interesting. May a contractor, who, under contract with an owner, installs a kitchen wall cabinet in a dwelling which the owner leases to a tenant, be held liable to a tenant for damage caused by the fall of the cabinet seven months after installation where the fall results from an undiscovered defect in one of the brackets used to support the cabinet.
During the early part of 1951 a general contractor was engaged in constructing for Charles Seeman as owner of a duplex apartment, one of the units of which was to be occupied by the owner and the other of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Curtin v. SomersetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
- O'Brien v. American Bridge Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Schott v. IngargoliaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1938
- McGuire v. Dalton Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
3Cited by5 opinions
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