Legal Opinion

Barnes v. City of New Orleans

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 10, 1926No. 9315PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CLAIBORNE, J.

Plaintiff in walking along the banquette tripped and fell and was injured.

Hence this suit.

The plaintiff alleged that on the morning of April 7, 1920, at 7:40, she was walking on the banquette in front of the property owned by the defendant, Mrs. J. Nelson, on Toulouse street, between David and Carrollton avenue, when she suddenly fell into a large hole on the banquette, which she had not observed on account of the grass which covered it; that she sustained severe injuries about her body, particularly about her feet, one of which was broken and the other sprained; that she…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Goodwyn v. City of ShreveportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
  2. Wiltz v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1925
  3. Fils v. Iberia, St. M. & E. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
  4. Weinhardt v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
  5. Blume v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Collins v. LyonsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1929
  2. Cato v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1941
  3. Bodenheimer v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1944
  4. Millstead v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1933
  5. Moise v. New Orleans Public ServiceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1932

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