Legal Opinion

Eastman v. Benton

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 2, 1936No. 33770PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOURNET, Justice.

Respondent, Frank Earl Eastman, a resident of Caddo parish, La., individually and in behalf of his minor daughter, Esther Eastman, brought suit in the First judicial district court of Louisiana, for the parish of Caddo, against Cecil Benton, a resident of Sulphur Springs, Tex., and the Traders & General Insurance Company, alleged to be “a foreign corporation, authorized to do and doing business in the States of Louisiana and Texas for more than ten years,” in solido, for the sum of $25,000 for damages for personal injuries suffered by his minor daughter, and in his own behalf…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. ChattersSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  2. Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Clarendon Boat Oar Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
  3. State ex rel. Watkins v. North American Land & Timber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
  4. Stephenson v. List Laundry & Dry Cleaners, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
  5. Staley-Wynne Oil Corporation v. Loring Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1935

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Spearman v. StoverLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1936
  2. Lafayette Insurance Company v. WeissLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
  3. Taylor v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
  4. Phillips v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1939

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