Legal Opinion
Knott v. Williams
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 2, 1959No. 21042PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McBRIDE, Judge.
This is a suit sounding in tort, the facts therein being as follows:
On August 8, 1956, the plaintiff, David Knott, and his wife were the house guests of S. Thomas Williams, the defendant, at the latter’s “summer camp,” which is situated on land fronting the Tangipahoa River in Ponchatoula, Louisiana.
Plaintiff and his wife had on several prior occasions been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Williams, one of the occasions being during the summer of 1955 at which time there was no beach in front of the Williams property, the water from the river coming up to the bank, the top level of…
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