Legal Opinion
Cappel v. Pierson
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 27, 1931No. 3890PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWebb, J.
In this action plaintiff, Mrs. Marvin Cappel, individually and as natural tutrix of Marvin and Samuel Cappel, issue of her marriage with Dr. Marvin Cappel, seeks to obtain judgment against defendant, Dr. Clarence Pierson, superintendent of the insane asylum, known as the Central Louisiana State Hospital, for damages resulting from the death of Dr. Cappel, on November 9, 1929, who was killed by E. B. Smith, who had been an inmate of the asylum.
Plaintiff in addition to the facts, above stated, alleged in substance that said E. B. Smith had been adjudged insane on January 29, 1929, and committed…
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