Gaines v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a tort action which is before us on an appeal taken by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Lower Court which dismissed his suit.

The petition alleges that on May 6, 1957 plaintiff was a passenger on a bus operated by Southeast Greyhound Lines, having traveled from Baton Rouge to Covington, Louisiana. It is set forth that after having arrived at The Southern Hotel in Covington, plaintiff alighted from the bus and was in the process of making his way to a waiting bench situated on the west side of the hotel building when he stumbled upon some freight which had been…