HONEYCUTT v. CITY OF MONROE

No. 11675.

253 So.2d 597 (1971)

Nola Fay Burks HONEYCUTT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF MONROE, Louisiana, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Massey & Robinson, by Charles W. Robinson, West Monroe, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Haynes L. Harkey, Jr., William F. Pipes, Jr., Monroe, for defendant-appellant.

Before AYRES, BOLIN and PRICE, JJ.


BOLIN, Judge.

Stanley Burks, age 12, drowned during daylight hours in a municipally owned swimming pool in the City of Monroe, Louisiana. Suit was filed by Nola Fay Burks Honeycutt, the natural mother, and by Oliver Page, the alleged natural father of Stanley, against the City claiming the negligence of attendants at the pool in failing to respond quickly to an appeal for help from one of Stanley's companions was the cause of the tragedy.

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