DOWNS v. UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S, LONDON, ENGLAND

No. 8565.

90 So.2d 504 (1956)

Horace M. DOWNS et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S, LONDON, ENGLAND (Leslie Percy Fowle, Substituted Defendant), Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Booth, Lockard, Jack & Pleasant, Shreveport, for appellants.

Browne, Browne & Bodenheimer, Shreveport, for appellee.


AYRES, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of the district court sustaining an exception of no cause of action, purportedly on the theory that the petition alleges contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff, Mrs. Omie W. Downs. This action was originally instituted against Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, England, but Leslie Percy Fowle has been substituted as the proper party defendant.

In considering the questions involved on this appeal, there...

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