Legal Opinion

Bankston v. Owl Bayou Cypress Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 10, 1906No. 15,984PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Clay Elliott, Judge. Action by Lillian Bankston and others against the Owl Bayou Cypress Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Statement of the Case.

NICHOLLS, J.

The plaintiffs are the children of L. W. Strader (now deceased) and his wife, Ida K. Strader, now the wifet of T. A. Moffett.

They are both minors, but the plaintiff Lillian Bankston is married, and her husband joins in the suit to authorize and assist his wife. The other minor joins in the suit through his undertutor. The defendants are W. PI. Athens and E. F. Davis, absentees, represented by an attorney ad hoc, and the Owl Bayou Cypress Company. The plaintiffs have made theif mother, Mrs. Moffett, who is their tutrix* a eodefendant in the suit, alleging that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Allen, West & Bush v. WhetstoneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
  2. Beland v. GebelinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
  3. Bryant v. StothartSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
  4. Graham v. HesterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1860
  5. Barrow v. PenickSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Sliman v. McBeeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  2. Long v. ChailanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
  3. Vinton Oil & Sulphur Co. v. GraySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
  4. Louis Werner Saw Mill Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
  5. Miguez v. DelcambreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910

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