Wright v. Louisiana Ice & Utilities Co.

This is a compensation suit brought by the widow of John-Wright against the Louisiana Ice & Utilities Company, by whom she alleges he was employed as a laborer and deliveryman of ice. The defendant filed exceptions of vagueness, and no cause of action which were sustained by the trial judge, and the suit dismissed. The plaintiff has appealed.

Defendant’s exception of no cause of action is predicated on the alleged failure of the petition (1) to allege or infer an accident, (2) to show personal injury as defined by the Workmen’s Compensation Act, and (3) to allege an accident arising out of and…