Legal Opinion
Collins v. Lyons
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 11, 1929No. 11,082PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWesterfield, J.
Plaintiff was injured March 10, 1925, by a fall, alleged to be due to a hole in the sidewalk, in front of the property owned by Mrs. Marie Celeste Lyons.
On March 5, 1926, or within five days of the prescriptive ¡period she brought this suit against Mrs. Lyons, The Sew*737erage & Water Board and the City of New Orleans.
Mrs. Lyons filed an exception of no cause of action, which was maintained and no appeal taken therefrom. The case proceeded to trial on its merits and resulted in a judgment in favor of the Sewerage and Water Board and the City of New Orleans, dismissing plaintiff’s suit.
Plaintiff…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Waggener v. Town of Point PleasantWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
- Goodwyn v. City of ShreveportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- Wiltz v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1925
- Barnes v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1926
- City of Covington v. BelserCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
3Cited by16 opinions
- Parker v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1941
- City of Decatur v. ParhamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
- Suthon v. City of HoumaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1933
- Massicot v. CITY OF NEW ORELANSLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1950
- Brown v. Parish of East Baton RougeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
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