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King v. Mason

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Feb 10, 1958
99 So. 2d 117 (La. 1958)

Opinion

No. 43578.

January 6, 1958. Rehearing Denied February 10, 1958.

APPEAL FROM COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT, PARISH OF LA SALLE.

Parker Parker, Jena, for Harvey A. King, plaintiff-respondent.

Provosty, Sadler Scott, LeDoux R. Provosty, Alexandria, for C. N. Mason, respondent.

Martin S. Sanders, Jr., Olla, for Town of Jena, defendant-appellee.

Stafford Pitts, Alexandria, for United States Fidelity Guaranty Co.


On application of the United States Fidelity Guaranty Company we granted writs in this case addressed to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, and ordered same consolidated for hearing with Kendrick v. Mason, 234 La. 271, 99 So.2d 108.

Harvey A. King instituted this suit for damages for personal injuries sustained by him as the result of the negligent acts and tort committed by C. N. Mason and his employees in their performance of the contract with the Town of Jena as more fully detailed in the said Kendrick suit. Judgment was rendered in favor of King and against C. N. Mason and his insurer, in solido, by the district court, which, on appeal to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, was amended so as to increase the award for personal damages in favor of the said plaintiff, and as amended the judgment of the district court was affirmed.

The issues herein presented are identical with those considered by us in Kendrick v. Mason, 234 La. 271, 99 So.2d 108, both cases having grown out of the same tort and consolidated here for purposes of hearing before us.

Relative to the issue of the quantum of damages for personal injuries awarded by the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, in favor of plaintiff, we observe that no error is assigned thereto by the defendants herein. However, we have examined the evidence relative to the personal injuries sustained by plaintiff and find no manifest error in the adequacy of the award made therefor.

Accordingly, for the reasons assigned in Kendrick v. Mason, supra, the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, is affirmed.


Summaries of

King v. Mason

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Feb 10, 1958
99 So. 2d 117 (La. 1958)
Case details for

King v. Mason

Case Details

Full title:HARVEY A. KING v. C. N. MASON, D/B/A C. N. MASON COMPANY, ET AL

Court:Supreme Court of Louisiana

Date published: Feb 10, 1958

Citations

99 So. 2d 117 (La. 1958)
234 La. 299

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