MORTON v. ROME

No. 21092.

110 So.2d 192 (1959)

Irvin MORTON and his wife Alma Jasmine Morton, v. Ben ROME, d/b/a Rome Bus Lines and National Life and Accident Insurance Company of Tennessee (Highway Insurance and Underwriters).

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Orleans.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1959.

Certiorari Denied June 1, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roos & Roos, Leo S. Roos, New Orleans, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Porteous & Johnson, William A. Porteous, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants and appellees.


REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Irvin and Alma Jasmine Morton, as parents instituted this suit against the defendant, Ben Rome and his insurer endeavoring to recover the sum of $24,000 as damages for injuries to and the death of their minor son Joseph and injuries to their minor sons Glenn and Charles, which resulted from burns incurred on June 7, 1952, when a small can of gasoline stored in defendant's bus was ignited by one of several boys who had entered therein.

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