O'Rourke v. Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; T. C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by E. A. O’Rourke against the Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiff leased a warehouse building from defendant for the purpose, expressed in the lease, of conducting therein a public warehouse business. One of the beams supporting one of the floors of the warehouse having given away under the weight of the merchandise stored upon it, and other beams of other floors having shown signs of weakness by sagging, the plaintiff called upon the defendant to remedy the situation, and the defendant, after consulting with counsel, brought suit, alleging that the weight which the floors had been constructed to carry was 150 pounds to the square foot, with a…
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