Howlett v. Penn Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of ■Orleans; Fred D. King, Judge. Action by John H. I-Iowlett against the Penn Bridge Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a suit for damages for personal injuries. The ease as presented by the petition is briefly as follows:
Defendant corporation was in June, 1906, ■engaged as a contractor in the erection of a building known as No. 10 for the United States government at the naval reservation near Algiers, in the state of Louisiana.
Plaintiff was employed on the same building as inspector for the government, and on ■or about June 20, 1906, had occasion, in the line of his duty, to use the elevator in said building; that plaintiff ascended in said elevator for about 20 feet, when the operating cable broke,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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