King v. Bankers Indemnity Ins. Co.

McCALEB, Judge.

The plaintiff, a native of China named George King, is the tenant in the premises No. 4734 Magazine street in the city of New Orleans, which he rents from Mrs. Frances E. Chin O’Neill. He instituted this suit for damages against her and Bankers Indemnity Insurance Company, her insurance carrier, for personal injuries sustained by him in the premises on August 16, 1937. He alleged that on that date at about 11:30 p. m., as he stepped upon the flooring of the second room of the house, it gave way under his weight and caused him to fall; that this flooring was rotten and…