Palermo v. Orleans Ice Mfg. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thos. C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action -by Paul Palermo against the Orleans Ice Manufacturing Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a suit brought by the father and natural tutor to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by his minor son, Pascal, a child four years of age at the time of the accident.
On March 25, 1909, Pascal fell into an open gutter on Hospital street, which at the time contained hot water which had flowed from the plant of the defendant company located on the same street. The boy was scalded and burned on the left side of his body from his neck downwards.
The first defense is that one of' the bolts of the defendant’s boiler blew out, and the hot water escaped through the opening and…
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