Mount v. Tremont Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lincoln; Robert Brooks Dawkins, Judge. Action by Alice McLeroy Mount against the Tremont Lumber Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtNicholls, J.
Plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the district court sustaining an exception of no cause of action. Plaintiff and her husband brought this suit to recover ■damages for the death of their adopted son, alleging that his death resulted from the fault of the defendant company, in whose employment he was at the time of his death. The husband died after the institution of the suit, leaving the wife as the sole plaintiff.
In the brief filed in her behalf, her counsel-says :
“The sole question presented by the appeal is the right of the adopting parent to sue and recover damages for the death of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lynch v. KnoopSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Vaughan v. Dalton-Lard Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Walker v. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- Vidal v. CommagéreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1858
- Succession of HaleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897
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- Brown v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1931
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