Scott v. Fair Grounds Corp.

JANVIER, Judge.

On Saturday afternoon, January 5, 1957, just before the seventh and feature horse race of the afternoon, plaintiff, John E., Scott, aged 86 at the time and who was a patron of the Fair Grounds Corporation of New Orleans, while standing in a position provided by the said corporation for its spectators, was jostled or bumped by another person, and falling to the floor over a bench, sustained physical injury.

Alleging that he had been seriously injured and that the accident had resulted' from negligence of the said corporation iij> several particulars, Scott brought this ac. tion…