Johnson v. Zurich General AcciDent & Liability Ins.

MILLS, Judge.

Mark W. Johnson, husband of plaintiff, was employed, during the month of August, 1933, by the Emergency Relief Administration as night watchman in the town, of Columbia, Caldwell parish, La. In the performance of his duties he was so zealous that other officials of the town and parish became resentful of what they considered an encroachment on their prerogatives. They and certain eiti-,zens conceived the fantastic idea of putting him in his place by playing upon him a practical joke. The pitiful prank as carried out is thus described in an agreed statement of fact:

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