Legal Opinion

Wilson v. Iberville Amusement Co.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided June 13, 1938No. 16979PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WESTERFIELD, Judge.

This is a suit for $300 for damages for physical injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff on December 14, 1937, when, as a spectator in the Palace Theatre, she was knocked down and trampled upon during a stampede caused by an alarm of fire. The Iberville Amusement Company, Inc., proprietor of the Palace Theatre in which the accident occurred, which is made defendant, denied liability averring that its theatre was equipped with the most modern and fireproof devices, and that it was free from any negligence in the premises.

There was judgment below in plaintiff’s…

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