Legal Opinion
Oliphant v. Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 28, 1927No. 28398PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOverton, J.
Amos Oliphant was employed by defendant to assist in loading logs on its trains, and, while engaged in the discharge of his duties, was accidentally killed.
Plaintiff claims to' be Amos Oliphant’s widow. She has brought this suit to recover compensation from defendant, under the Employers’ Liability Act (Act No. 20 of 1914), for Oliphant’s death. Defendant denies that plaintiff was ever legally married to Oliphant, and avers substantially that she could not have married him legally, because he was already married to one Bertha Johnson.
During the course of the trial, defendant, with the end in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Farley v. Frost-Johnson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Holmes v. HolmesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1834
- Green v. New Orleans, S. & G. I. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Succession of St. AngeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- McConnell v. City of New Orleans, Yeatman, Woods & Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1860
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Succession of AndersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
- Succession of FieldsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
- Boykin v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
- Franzen v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1943
- Succession of CusimanoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
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