Crittenden v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York

83 So.2d 538 (1955)

Emmitt B. CRITTENDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

The FIDELITY & CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 8424.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

November 2, 1955.

Godfrey & Edwards, Many, for appellant.

Julian E. Bailes, Natchitoches, for appellee.

GLADNEY, Judge.

This action against the public liability insurer of W. C. Warmack is for damages for injuries received by plaintiff when he sustained a fall on the Warmack porch due to a chair slipping from under him as he attempted to sit down. Negligence is charged in two respects: first, in the use of unsafe…