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MANUEL v. UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 551.

140 So.2d 702 (1962)

Horace MANUEL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan A. Cormie & Assoc., by Chris J. Roy, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lewis & Lewis, by Seth Lewis, Jr., Opelousas, for defendant-appellee.

Before SAVOY, HOOD and CULPEPPER, JJ.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

In this case Horace Manuel sued United States Fire Insurance Company, as liability insurer of the town of Mamou, for injuries caused by a city police officer's negligence in slamming a jail cell door on the little finger of plaintiff's right hand. The defendant denied any actionable negligence on the part of the officer and, in the alternative, alleged contributory negligence by the plaintiff. Without assigning...

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