Foreman v. Eagle Rice Mill Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; William Pierrepont Edwards, Judge. Action by Mrs. Eulalie Foreman, tutrix, against the Eagle Rice Mill Company, Limited. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Plaintiff, grandmother and tutrix of the minor, Ellen Foreman, daughter of the late Charles B. Foreman and Emma, his wife, both deceased, brought this suit for damages in the sum of $10,000.
The suit was tried by jury, which found a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $2,000.
Foreman, the deceased, was a young man 22 years of age, employed at defendant’s mill at $9 a week.
Plaintiff alleged, in substance, that at the *229time of the employment of her son by the defendant corporation he had scarcely any experience as a laborer in a rice mill. That he was assigned to work on the first floor, filling…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Carter v. Fred W. Dubach Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
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- Blackburn v. Louisiana Ry. & NavIgation Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
- Le Blanc v. United Irrigation & Rice Milling Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
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