HOLLAND v. VIDRINE

No. 313.

133 So.2d 809 (1961)

Dave HOLLAND et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ertheon VIDRINE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 11, 1961.

Certiorari Denied November 29, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. McGee, Mamou, Collings & Hunt, by E.C. Hunt, Jr., Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

Felix A. DeJean, Jr., Opelousas, J. Nilas Young, Eunice, for defendant-appellee.

Before TATE, HOOD, and CULPEPPER, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

Plaintiff Holland and his wife bring this action to recover for the loss of their six year old son, Alvin Ray, who on May 3, 1959 was drowned in a pond situated on the land of the defendant Vidrine. Vidrine and his liability insurer are made defendants. The plaintiffs appeal from judgment dismissing their suit after trial of the merits.

The theory of the plaintiffs' suit is that their son's tragic death by drowning resulted from the negligence...

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