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BURRIS v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 20599.

86 So.2d 549 (1956)

Rayford BURRIS, Father, and Eva Burris, Mother, v. The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS and The Travelers Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Orleans.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 1956.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. P. Tureaud and A. M. Trudeau, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Henry B. Curtis, City Atty. and Alvin J. Liska, Asst. City and Trial Atty., New Orleans, for City of New Orleans, defendant-appellee.

F. C. Johnson, Jr., Porteous & Johnson, New Orleans, for Delta By-Products, Inc., defendant and appellee.

JANVIER, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Rayford Burris and Eva Burris are the parents of Rayford Burris, Jr., who, according to the allegations of the original and supplemental petitions, was drowned in a pool of water which was allowed to exist in an area maintained by the City of New Orleans as a garbage dump.

Plaintiffs allege that their four year old son was attracted to the spot, which was easily accessible from his home...

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