Pitre v. Guidry

ELLIOTT, Judge.

Louise Pitre, widow of Carmen Pitre, suing for herself, and also for the use and benefit of her minor child, Betty Joe Pitre, claims of Zannie Guidry and the Travelers’ Insurance Company the compensation provided for by Act No. 20 of 1914, § 8 (amended by Act No. 242 of 1928) in favor of the widow and minor child of an employee who has lost his life in the service of his employer.

She alleges that her husband, Carmen Pitre, employed by Zannie Guidry, was instructed to assist other employees in piling on the platform of the People’s Gin Company at Erath, La., certain bales of…