Legal Opinion

Bonnin v. Town of Crowley

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 23, 1904No. 15,174PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; Conrad De Bail-Ion, Judge. Action by Ovignac Bonnin against the town of Crowley. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.

Plaintiff instituted this suit for the sum of $10,000 for damages he avers he suffered in the death of his son, Laurent Bonnin, who was killed in an accident which occurred at the electric plant of the defendant. From an adverse judgment condemning the defendant, the town of Crowley, to pay $1,000, the defendant, the town of Crowley, appeals.

The petition sets forth, in substance, that plaintiff’s son was killed by the explosion of a pipe. Plaintiff charges that the system of pipes in the electric plant of defendant, and the fitting connecting the pipes with the boilers, were defectively set…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. Bourg v. Brownell-Drews Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
  2. Amerada Petroleum Corporation v. ReeseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  3. Lanis v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
  4. Lonatro v. Palace Theatre Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1926
  5. Chopin v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1927

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