Goodwin v. Bodcaw Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Judicial District Court, Parish of Webster; John Thomas Watkins, Judge. Action by Laura J. Goodwin individually and as guardian against tbe Bodcaw Lumber Company and the Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff against the lumber company and for defendant railroad. From the judgment the lumber company appeals, and from the judgment in. favor of the railroad company plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, O. J.
This suit was instituted by the plaintiff on the 3d of June, 1899. It was brought by the plaintiff as the guardian of the three minor children, issue of her marriage with Seaborn Alonzo Goodwin, and on her own account individually, as the widow of said Goodwin, against the Bodcaw Lumber Company, which was alleged to be a corporation organized under the laws of Arkansas, but with a domicile fixed by it for the state of Louisiana, with L. K. Watkins as its agent for the purposes of citation.
The demand is for judgment against the defendant in favor of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Chivers v. RogerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898
- Ashbey v. AshbeySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
- Huberwald v. Orleans RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Gate City Co-operative Grocery Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1901
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