Legal Opinion
McGurk v. City of Shreveport
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 28, 1939No. 5985PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Judge.
Plaintiff instituted this suit to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by her through a fall while walking along a sidewalk.
In her original petition, in which only the City .of Shreveport is impleaded as defendant, she avers that, “ * * * on or about the afternoon of the 21st day of April, 19.38, she was walking along the sidewalk on the southerly side of the 1000 block of the Highland Avenue, in the City of Shreveport when she stumbled and fell due to a slope and/or depression in the sidewalk of approximately a 40-degree angle, the angle sloping from her…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Allain v. FrigolaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Cummings v. HenningerArizona Supreme Court · 1925
- Goodwyn v. City of ShreveportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- Betz v. LimingiSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
- Headley v. Hammond Building, Inc.Montana Supreme Court · 1934
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Arata v. Orleans Capitol Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- Schaefer v. LenahanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
- Brantley v. City of Baton RougeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
- Youngblood v. Newspaper Production CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- McGurk v. City of ShreveportLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1941
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