SCOTT v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 21408.

115 So.2d 901 (1959)

G. Harrison SCOTT v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Orleans.

November 30, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Richards, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Alvin J. Liska, City Atty., Ernest L. Salatich, Asst. City Atty., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


JANVIER, Judge.

This suit for damages for the cost of making repairs to the automobile of plaintiff is based on the charge that, as a result of a defect in a street in the City of New Orleans of which defect the City had prior knowledge, the car of plaintiff was damaged when the lower part of the transmission which is under the front end of the car struck a manhole cover located in the street.

The defense of the City of New Orleans is twofold. It contends...

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