Lemoine v. City of Alexandria
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; J. A. Williams, Judge.. Action by Mrs. Herminie Lemoine against the City of Alexandria. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiff, a widow 69 years of age, has instituted this suit to recover the sum of $5,525 as damages for personal injuries sustained by her, and occasioned by a fall over ..some cross-ties placed by the employees of defendant municipality on one of its public sidewalks.
Plaintiff alleges that these cross-ties were located about the center of this sidewalk, and laid out at irregular intervals, and that she was not aware of their presence until she had tripped up and fallen over them; that the lighting of the street at the point of the accident was very poor, consisting of only one small…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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