BURDETT v. SOUTHERN BELL TEL. & TEL. CO.

No. 3819.

72 So.2d 595 (1954)

BURDETT v. SOUTHERN BELL TEL. & TEL. CO.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1954.

Writ of Certiorari Denied July 2, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richardson & Richardson, Bogalusa, for appellant.

Henriques & Mayo, New Orleans, Benj. W. Miller, Bogalusa, for appellee.


LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries sustained by petitioner on June 10, 1951, while using a telephone installed in his home by the defendant company. The lower court rendered judgment in favor of defendant, and dismissed petitioner's suit.

Petitioner bases his cause of action upon the plea of res ipsa loquitur and, in the alternative, pleads certain acts of negligence by defendant company which he alleges brought about the accident...

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