Louisville N.R. Co. v. Dixon

This suit was brought in the chancery court of Hancock county to recover compensation under the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Law (Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended) for the death of appellee’s intestate, who was accidentally killed in the state of Louisiana while in the service, in that state, of appellant railroad and in the course of his employment in the operation of a derrick or steam shovel for the railroad company. The injury and death occurred on the 19th day of July, 1924. The deceased was a resident of this state and of Hancock county, and the administratrix here is the widow and…