Lafaye v. Harris

This is a suit for damages brought by the widow of John Lafaye, under the statute of 1855, amending the 2294th Article of the Civil Code.

“ Every act whatever of man that causes damage to another obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it; the right of this action shall survive in case of death, in favor of the minor children and widow of the deceased, or either of them.”

She avers that the defendants, being common carriers, on the third of May, 1854, and from that day continuously, until the month of July, 1855, issued orders to the captains and other officers on board of their…