Boutin v. Bradley

This is a suit impersonal injuries in the sum of Five Thousand and Thirty-nine ($5,039.00) Dollars. Plaintiff alleges she fell through a defective floor of the premises belonging to defendant and rented by her. The defendant, landlord, denies that the floor was defective and that plaintiff was injured as she alleges. The District Court gave judgment for defendant -and plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court. That court remanded the case to us upon the ground that the claim, if any, plaintiff could properly assert, was grossly exaggerated; saying in its opinion (Buck vs. Latimer, 151 La. 886;…