SCOTT v. FAIR GROUNDS CORPORATION

No. 21310.

112 So.2d 763 (1959)

John E. SCOTT v. FAIR GROUNDS CORPORATION et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Orleans.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis, Foster & Dillon, Gerard M. Dillon, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Henican, James & Cleveland, Murray F. Cleveland, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.


JANVIER, Judge.

On Saturday afternoon, January 5, 1957, just before the seventh and feature horse race of the afternoon, plaintiff, John E. Scott, aged 86 at the time and who was a patron of the Fair Grounds Corporation of New Orleans, while standing in a position provided by the said corporation for its spectators, was jostled or bumped by another person, and falling to the floor over a bench, sustained physical injury.

Alleging that he had been seriously...

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