Mahan v. Everett

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

This is an action sounding in damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained. The amount claimed is five thousand dollars.

The averments are that plaintiff was walking along a public •street in the city of New Orleans, where he had a right to be; that he was prudent and careful; and that in passing certain premises occupied by the Planters’ Molasses Company, Limited, without notice or warning, a barrel of molasses was violently rolled on skids from a vehicle standing near the curbstone in the street, which barrel struck…