Legal Opinion
Phillips v. City of New Orleans
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 2, 1957No. 20853PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REGAN, Judge.
Plaintiff, Mrs. Geneiva Phillips, wife of Travis Martin and mother of Travis Martin, age nine years, and Jeff Martin, ago seven, instituted this suit against the defendants, the City of New Orleans and the Sewerage & Water Board, endeavoring to recover on her behalf the sum of $100,000 for damages incurred as the result of her children being attracted to and subsequently falling into the London Avenue drainage *560canal wherein they both drowned on June 16, 1955.
Defendants answered by pleading the exceptions of no' right and no cause of action, which were sustained by the trial court.
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Saxton v. Plum Orchards, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- State Ex Rel. Porterie v. WalmsleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
- Beck v. Boh Bros. Const. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1954
- Biegel v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
- Burris v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1956
3Cited by8 opinions
- Allien v. Louisiana Power & Light CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- Slaughter v. Gravity Drainage District No. 4Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Frensley v. Gravity Drainage District No. 5Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- Metoyer v. Sewerage & Water BoardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1958
- Payne v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
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