CRITTENDEN v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY CO. OF NEW YORK

No. 8424.

83 So.2d 538 (1955)

Emmitt B. CRITTENDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The FIDELITY & CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

November 2, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Godfrey & Edwards, Many, for appellant.

Julian E. Bailes, Natchitoches, for appellee.


GLADNEY, Judge.

This action against the public liability insurer of W. C. Warmack is for damages for injuries received by plaintiff when he sustained a fall on the Warmack porch due to a chair slipping from under him as he attempted to sit down. Negligence is charged in two respects: first, in the use of unsafe furniture on the slick surface of the porch; and, second, in failure to warn plaintiff of the unsafe nature of the premises. The defense relies on a general...

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