CATES v. BEAUREGARD ELECETRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.

No. 5061.

316 So.2d 907 (1975)

Ross CATES, Individually, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BEAUREGARD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Cummings, III, New Orleans, for plaintiff and appellant.

Jones, Kimball, Patin, Harper, Tete & Wetherill by Carl H. Hanchey, Lake Charles, Aycock, Home, Caldwell, Coleman & Duncan by L. E. Hawsey, III, Franklin, John Henry LeBleu, Lake Charles, for defendants and appellees.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and WATSON, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This suit was originally filed by Ross Cates, individually and on behalf of his minor son, Larry G. Cates, seeking damages for personal injuries sustained by Larry when he came in contact with an energized electric wire on a utility pole owned by the defendant, Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Inc., and situated on the property of the defendant, Cecil Ribbeck. After suit was filed on September 19, 1973, Larry G. Cates became 18 years of age on February...

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