Cunningham v. Penn Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Action by Pearl Cunningham against the Penn Bridge Company and the City of New Orleans. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BREAUX, O. J.
Plaintiff brought this action against the defendants for $30,000. for injury suffered by the death of her late husband, Frank Cunningham, a construction iron worker, which caused his death. He was working for the Penn Bridge Company.
The judgment allowed damages in the sum of $7,000 against each defendant.
They appealed.
On the 18th day of May, 1909, at about 10 o’clock in the morning, the bridge at the intersection of Bayou St. John and Esplanade Avenue broke and collapsed and in the collapse Cunningham received injuries from which he died a few hours afterward.
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