Legal Opinion
McKelvy v. Capitol Amusement Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 5, 1935No. 4835PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLS, Judge.
The plaintiff, a paying patron attending a motion picture performance in the Capitol Theatre in the city of Shreveport, owned and operated by defendant company, is suing the company and its insurer for injuries sustained in a fall in said theater.
The facts alleged are: That plaintiff pur-' chased a ticket, climbed a stairway to the balcony and occupied a seat there; that some time later she went to the ladies’ dressing room in the balcony, ascended the steps leading thereto and entered.
“Petitioner shows that after being in said dressing room several minutes, she left same; that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Givens v. De Soto Bldg. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- Suggs v. Saenger Theatres, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1930
3Cited by12 opinions
- Wright v. Paramount-Richards Theatres, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Boucher v. Paramount-Richards TheatresLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1947
- Cavaretta v. Universal Film Exchanges, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1938
- Sistrunk v. Audubon Park Natatorium, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1935
- Osborne v. Loew's Houston Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1938
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