Welch v. Van Valkenburgh

HAMITER, Judge.

Sam Welch was slain about 11 o’clock of the night of September 3, 1936, in the Town of Sondheimer, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. The wielder of the deadly weapon was defendant, Henry L. Van Valken-burgh, the manager of a saloon in that community. Decedent’s widow asks damages from said defendant in this proceeding, alleging that the slaying was without' lawful cause or justification in law.

Answering, as is disclosed by the brief of his counsel, defendant “admitted that he shot and killed Sam Welch on the date alleged but denied liability to plaintiff therefor and denied most…