Cato v. City of New Orleans

John and Lydia Cato, the father and mother respectively of Elizabeth Cato, a minor about thirteen years of age, brought this suit against the City of New Orleans, on behalf of their child, claiming damages in the sum of $11,000, because of injuries sustained by her when she fell on the sidewalk in front of the premises No. 2505 Josephine Street. It is alleged that the fall was occasioned by the defective and dangerous condition of the sidewalk due to the presence of numerous holes and depressions and that this condition had existed for more than a year to the knowledge of the City of New…