Lawson v. Shreveport Waterworks Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Alfred Dillingham Land, Judge. Action hy Henry J. Lawson against the Shreveport Waterworks Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals, and plaintiff, hy answer filed, asks for an increased judgment.
1Opinion of the CourtBlanchard, J.
This is an'action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, occasioned by the collapse of a small bridge erected by the defendant company over a canal or ditch it had excavated across a country road near the City of Shreveport.
Plaintiff was at the time riding a mule along the road aforesaid and his contention is that in crossing the bridge it gave way beneath him, throwing the mule and himself off the bridge into the ditch, so severely injuring the mule that it, shortly afterwards, died, and injuring himself to that extent that one of his hands is permanently disabled.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Keystone Bridge Co. v. SummersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1878
- Planters' Oil Mill v. Monroe Waterworks & Light Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
- Witter v. DamitzWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- Caldwell v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
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- Ransom v. Kreeger Store, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1935
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