Francois v. Maison Blanche Realty Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge. Action by Ferdinand Francois against the Maison Blanche Realty Company and another. From judgment for plaintiff, one defendant appeals, and plaintiff prays that the amount of the judgment be increased.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a suit for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sus*217tained by the plaintiff while working for the defendants. The petition alleges, in substance, that on August 20, 1910, he was employed by the defendants to knock off plaster from the ceiling of the Maison Blanche Building, and in order to do so it was necessary for him to stand on a scaffold, which had been erected by the defendants; that after working on the scaffold about an hour, it broke and fell under the combined weight of himself and several other workmen; that the scaffold fell because it was constructed of…
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