James v. City of New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Action by Thomas James, natural tutor of Thomas A. James and others, minors, against the City of New Orleans. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, J.
This is an action for damages, brought on behalf of plaintiff’s children, for the death of their mother. It is alleged that, while walking along the sidewalk on Common street, near the entrance of the St. Charles Hotel, the woman stepped upon an iron lid or plate covering a manhole, and that the lid, being defective, tilted and caused her to fall and suffer fatal injuries.
Plaintiff álleged that the municipal authorities were negligent in failing to observe and remedy the defect in the cover of the manhole, which plaintiff characterized as a “death trap”; but he did not say how long the…
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