Brooks v. Protective Indemnity Co.

Plaintiff appealed from judgment dismissing her suit against W.A. Mabry, her landlord, and his insurer, Protective Indemnity Company, wherein she sought to recover a large amount of damages allegedly sustained by her on account of the defective condition of one of the porch posts of the leased premises at 1500 Cedar Street, in the City of Shreveport, Louisiana. Specifically, she alleged that on or about January 31, 1947, she went onto the front porch of the leased premises "and in the course of walking upon said porch, leaned against the left front post, supporting the roof", and "it came…