Welton v. Genesee Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Robert Raymond Reid, Judge. Action by Martha E. Welton against the Genesee Lumber Company, Limited. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
This is a suit for damages.
Mrs. Welton, widow of Frank Blake Welton and tutrix of her minor children, issue *843of her marriage with Prank Blake Welton, brought this action to recover $25,000 damages for the death of her husband, about the 12th of March, 1903, caused, she avers, by injuries received while employed by the defendant company as engineer.
The facts were briefly these:
The defendants are the owners of a sawmill and lumber factory. They own and operate a railroad to carry logs to their mill, and handle other freight. They were using the railroad bridge or trestle across the Tangipahoa…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Underwood v. Gulf Refining Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Roff v. Summit Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Ramsey v. Tremont Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908