Legal Opinion
Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc. v. Volentine
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 15, 1933No. 6862PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
Reuben J. Volentine and his wife, citizens of Lorusiana, sued Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc., a corporation of New Jersey, in a federal court in Mississippi to recover compensation under the Lorusiana Workmen’s Compensation Law (Gen. St. La. 1932, § 4391 et seq.) for the death of their son, Odus Volentine, on whom they were partly dependent, due to an injury received while he was at work in Mississippi in pursuance of a hiring in Louisiana to be performed wholly in Mississippi. Their joint claim was for more than $3,000 but the wife died pending the suit and the husband by…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Mollan v. TorranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Pritchard v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Home Insurance v. DickSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Davis v. MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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3Cited by45 opinions
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- Colorado Life Co. v. SteeleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1938
- Dent v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1967
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