MURPHY v. FIDELITY AND CASUALTY CO. OF NEW YORK

No. 10183.

165 So.2d 497 (1964)

Mrs. Ella W. MURPHY and Rivers Claude Murphy, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FIDELITY AND CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lunn, Irion, Switzer, Trichel & Johnson, Shreveport, for appellant Fidelity and Cas. Co. of New York.

Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, Shreveport, for appellant, United States Cas. Co.

Booth, Lockard, Jack, Pleasant & Le Sage, Shreveport, for appellees.

Before HARDY, GLADNEY and BOLIN, JJ.


GLADNEY, Judge.

This suit in tort was instituted by the widow and son of Oliver Rivers Murphy who met his death on July 21, 1960 by electrocution caused by contact with uninsulated or inadequately insulated wires conveying lethal charges of electric current. Named as defendants are Mrs. Jessie D. Reeves, her son Joseph Reeves, owners of the building' in which the accident occurred, and their insurer, Fidelity and Casualty...

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