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LEEHANS v. AMERICAN EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.

No. 17826.

273 F.2d 72 (1959)

Ben C. LEEHANS, Appellant, v. AMERICAN EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 30, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garland R. Rolling, Metairie, La., for appellant.

Robert E. Leake, Jr., New Orleans, La., Faris, Leake & Emmett, New Orleans, La., of counsel, for appellee.

Before JONES, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant, who was plaintiff in the district court, sued the liability insurer of the operator of a restaurant charging that he sustained injuries to his hands from an acid alleged to have been present in the soap supplied in a washroom of the restaurant. Pain, suffering, disablement and disfigurement were alleged in the complaint and damages in the amount of $13,045 were sought. Diversity of citizenship was the basis of federal jurisdiction. The defendant...

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