Queen v. Schwann
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Albert Campbell Allen, Judge. Action by Benjamin F. Queen against William Schwann and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
During the years 1901 and 1902 plaintiff was employed as an overseer on the defendants’ Germania plantation in the parish of St. Mary. In November, 1902, plaintiff was badly wounded in his left arm by a pistol shot fired by one Adolph Reed, a laborer on .said plantation.
This suit was filed in July, 1903, to recover $15,000 damages from the defendants, the owners of the Germania plantation, on the theory that as employers they were responsible for the tort of the said Adolph Reed.
The petition represents : That the plaintiff as manager had employed the said Reed as a laborer on said plantation.…
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- Graham v. St. Charles Street RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
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- Dyer v. RieleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1876
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