Lutenbacher v. Mitchell-Borne Const. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Action by Widow Blanche Lutenbacher against the Mitchell-Borne Construction Company and the Sewerage & Water Board of the City of New Orleans; the Southwestern Surety Company of Oklahoma, warrantor. From the judgments, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Plaintiff, the widow of John Baptiste Liitenbacher, sues the Mitchell-Borne Construction Company and the Sewerage & Water Board of the city of New *807Orleans, in solido, in the sum of $10,004, for the loss and death of her husband, May 25, 1913, while in the employ of the Mitchell-Borne Construction Company as a carpenter, while at work on a syphon under the bed of the Carondelet canal in the city of New Orleans. She alleges gross negligence and want of skill on the part of the contractors who were doing the work, which work was being prosecuted under the full control of, and with the consent…
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