Borell v. Cumberland Telegraph & Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; William Campbell, Judge. Action by Paul Borell against the Cumberland Telegraph & Telephone Company and the City of Crowley. Judgment for plaintiff against the Telephone Company, and it appeals ; and judgment for defendant city, and from such judgment plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The Pizzini Hotel and the Mitchell store in the town of Crowley stand within about six feet of each other. The roof of the front porch of the Mitchell store and the floor of the second story gallery of the Pizzini Hotel are on the same level, and both extend over the sidewalk. The roof is flat and extends laterally across the narrow space between the two buildings, so that one may step upon it from the adjoining gallery. And any -one doing so finds himself opposite the space between the two buildings and near the telephone and electric light wires of the Mitchell building, which are attached…
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