Shreveport Laundries, Inc. v. Red Iron Drilling Co.

On the Merits.

HAMITER, Judge.

A building located on Lot 2 of Block 21 in the Town of Rodessa, Louisiana, is occupied by the plaintiffs in this tort action, and therein they conduct the following businesses: Shreveport Laundries, Inc., which owns a portion of the building, a laundry call station; G. T. McAllister and J. P. Cruse, operating as a partnership, a saloon; C. A. Wilson, a pool hall; Mrs. R. S. McDow, a hotel.

Plaintiffs charge that shortly prior to May 1, 1936, the defendants, through certain described negligent acts and operations, caused the overflowing of said property by water…