Payne v. Georgetown Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Grant; Wilbur Fisk Black-man, Judge. Action by Bennie E. Payne against the Georgetown. Lumber Company, Limited. Plaintiff died, and his mother and brothers and sisters were made parties plaintiff. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiff on June 14, 1904, while in the employ of the defendant company, met with an accident, suffering thereby the loss of his left leg, and other injuries. He filed this suit on September 24, 1904, for $15,000 damages, on the ground that said injuries were occasioned by the negligence of the defendant company. On August 21, 1905, the plaintiff died, before trial of the suit, from some other cause than the injuries sustained. After his death his mother and brothers and sisters were made parties plaintiff on their own petition. The mother averred that she inherited the whole right of action…
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