Lynch v. Knoop
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thomas C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by Rose Lynch against Otto Knoop. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
This suit was brought to recover damages in the sum of $10,000 for injuries which resulted in the death of plaintiff’s child, caused by a fall of lumber of defendant, which had been stacked on the banks of the New Basin Canal in this city.
Plaintiff’s complaint is that on an afternoon in October, 1903, while she was passing on the highway, her little girl stepped alongside of the lumber pile before mentioned, and was knocked down by lumber which fell and injured the child, causing her death in about 24 hours afterward.
She charges that defendant’s negligence and carelessness was the cause of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- McDonald v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis R'y Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1896
- Marshall v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Robinson v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Succession of Fletcher v. DecoudreauSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1856
- McConnell v. City of New Orleans, Yeatman, Woods & Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1860
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Middleton v. Luckenbach S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
- Moulin v. MonteleoneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- Vaughan v. Dalton-Lard Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Thompson v. Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
- Warren v. RichardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
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