PARDEE CO. v. AUSTIN

No. 6304.

58 F.2d 967 (1932)

PARDEE CO. v. AUSTIN.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 1, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aubrey M. Pyburn, of Shreveport, La., for appellant.

Geo. M. Wallace, of Baton Rouge, La., J. Rush Wimberly, of Arcadia, La., and J. P. Wallace, of Shreveport, La., for appellee.

Before BRYAN, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, the wife of defendant's tenant, sued for injuries received by her as the result of defective steps leading from the back porch to the back yard of the premises which she, with her husband, occupied. Trial before the court without a jury resulted in judgment in her favor. Defendant appeals, assigning as errors the overruling of the exception of no cause of action and the failure to find plaintiff contributorily negligent.

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