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GOODLOW v. CITY OF ALEXANDRIA

No. 8534.

407 So.2d 1305 (1981)

Melvin GOODLOW, Plaintiff & Appellee, v. CITY OF ALEXANDRIA, Defendant & Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gist, Methvin, Hughes & Munsterman, H. B. Gist, III, Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.

James H. Galloway, Jr., Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, CUTRER and STOKER, JJ.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

Plaintiff seeks damages for personal injuries and property damage sustained when the automobile he was driving struck an open sewer manhole or its cover in a street maintained by the defendant city. The trial judge held the city strictly liable and awarded to plaintiff the sum of $2,668.04. The city appeals. We reverse.

The substantial issue is whether there was a defect in the manhole or its cover which justified the trial judge in applying...

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