Young v. Broussard

OTT, Judge.

On January 3, 1938, Pentard Young, a colored man about 29 years old, was shot by the defendant, Edmond Broussard, while he was acting within the scope of his employment as a watchman for the other defendant, the Iberia Sugar Cooperative, Inc. The negro man died from the effect of the gunshot two days later. His parents have filed this joint suit to recover damages against both defendants, in solido, for the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, and in the alternative, and in case it is found that the defendants are not liable to them in tort for the death of their son, that they be…