Legal Opinion

Lynch v. Knoop

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 4, 1907No. 16,112Published

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thomas C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by Rose Lynch against Otto Knoop. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion

On the Merits.

We have extended our examination into the merits of the case. We have not found that plaintiff’s demand is sustained by the testimony.

She has not made out her claim with legal certainty. Her children with the Young daughter of the neighbor, instead of following the street and going where they had been sent, stopped and went up on the lumber pile, stepping for their amusement from one board to another. They were on the lumber in invitum. Attempt had been made to make them go away. They were seen on the lumber a short time before the accident.

The New Basin bank is a public landing…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Westerfield v. Levis Bros.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
  2. Mayronne v. KeeganSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
  3. State v. AshworthSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906

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