La Groue v. City of New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; John St. Paul, Judge. Action by Melville La Groue and. wife-against the city of New Orleans and another. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Mrs. La Groue, in her own right and for her separate benefit, sued the defendants for $2,100 damages for personal injuries suffered by her, and alleged to have been occasioned by a fall into an unprotected hole in St. Charles avenue on the night of Mardi Gras (February 24, 1903). Her husband sued also in the same petition for $225, cost of medical services, medicines, nursing, etc., incurred by him in consequence of said injuries to his wife. The defendants are the-city of New Orleans and Harry Papworth, a *255gardener who, it is alleged, had a contract with the city to plant a number of trees…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- A. Riggs & Bro. v. BellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1887
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- Armstrong v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
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- Sandlin v. CoyleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
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