BURRIS v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 20922.

100 So.2d 550 (1958)

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 March 3, 1958.

Writ of Certiorari Denied April 21, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Alvin J. Liska and Guy J. D'Antonio, New Orleans, for defendant and appellee.


REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Rayford and Eva Burris, instituted this suit against the City of New Orleans, Delta By-Products Incorporated, its insurer. The Travelers Insurance Company, and Letellier-Phillips Paper Company, endeavoring to recover the sum of $25,000 for the death of their four-year-old son, Rayford Burris, Jr., who drowned on February 4, 1954, in a pool of water which had accumulated in the Agriculture Street garbage dump.

Defendants pleaded the...

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