Legal Opinion
Whitfield v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 25, 1949No. 3159PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment by the lower court which dismissed their suit on a trial of the merits. The suit is one for damages filed by the parents of their minor son, Wayne, seven years of age, who met his death by drowning on April 28, 1944, at about the hour of 10:45 A.M., in a natural drainage ditch or canal adjoining the Southwestern boundary of the school grounds of the Hollywood School, which is located in the old Third Ward of the Parish of East Baton Rouge.
This is the second time the subject matter of this suit has been before us. In the first instance, the suit was filed…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Saxton v. Plum Orchards, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Whitfield v. East Baton Rouge Parish School BoardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1945
3Cited by14 opinions
- Prier v. Horace Mann Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- Cruz Costales v. Estado Libre AsociadoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1963
- Partin v. Vernon Parish School Bd.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- Wilkinson v. Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
- Capers v. Orleans Parish School Bd.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
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