Legal Opinion
Barber Laboratories, Inc. v. City of New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 14, 1955No. 40622PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
Alleging that certain employees of the Fire Department of the City of New Orleans acted negligently in their efforts to extinguish a fire in its premises, Barber Laboratories, Inc. instituted this suit against the named municipality to recover ■damages of $50,000 assertedly resulting. The negligence charged is that the firemen failed and refused to attach their water hose to a nearby fire plug, as requested by plaintiff; instead, they connected it to an outlet located several squares away, thereby occasioning considerable delay in their operations and permitting the flame to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- City of New Orleans v. KerrSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898
- Howard v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Joliff v. City of ShreveportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
- Planters' Oil Mill v. Monroe Waterworks & Light Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
- Prunty v. City of ShreveportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Carlisle v. Parish of East Baton RougeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
- Franks v. City of AlexandriaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- Belgarde v. City of NatchitochesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
- Burris v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1956
- Barnett v. City of MonroeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
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