MELANCON v. ZOAR MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

No. 7616.

222 So.2d 308 (1969)

Melvin H. MELANCON, Individually and as Admr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ZOAR MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 26, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Cooper, Jr., of Franklin & Keogh, John R. Sheppard, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellants.

John S. Campbell, Jr., of Taylor, Porter, Brooks, Fuller & Phillips, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LOTTINGER, ELLIS and BAILES, JJ.


BAILES, Judge.

Plaintiff, individually and as administrator of the estate of his minor daughter, seeks to recover medical expenses and damages for personal injuries incurred when a tombstone fell on the daughter's foot. Zoar Missionary Baptist Church, owner of the cemetery in which the injury was sustained, its public liability insurer, Travelers Insurance Company, and Leo C. Bauer, the owner of the tombstone, were made defendants. Subsequently, the action against...

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