Cusimano v. City of New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish, of Orleans; Fred. Durieve King, Judge. Action by Angelo Cusimano against the City of New. Orleans. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Alleged personal injury which resulted in the death of plaintiff’s little daughter is the ground for plaintiff’s suit for $10,000 damages.
Plaintiff substantially avers that his daughter, while returning from church, on her way home on the 21st of April, 1906, late in the afternoon, where she had gone to attend her class in catechism, met with an accident in which she was mangled and lost her life. The testimony shows that she was to make her first communion the next day.
She was at the time on the Dumaine street bridge, which crosses the Bayou St. John at Dumaine street.
Plaintiff charged that…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lynch v. KnoopSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Westerfield v. Levis Bros.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
- Gavin v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
- Downey v. Baton Rouge Electric & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Cronan v. Crescent City RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1896
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