Johnson v. Legeai
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge. Action by Edward Johnson against James J. Legeai. Prom a judgment for defendant on an exception and plea to the petition, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
Plaintiff, a laborer, sues his employer, a stevedore, for personal injuries alleged to have been received through the carelessness and negligence of the defendant.
Defendant excepted on the ground that the petition disclosed no cause of action, and that the plaintiff was judicially estopped to assert the acts of négligenee charged on behalf of defendant, for the reason that, in a suit in the federal court against the owners of the vessel on which he was working at the time of the accident, he had alleged that the injury was due to certain acts of commission and omission on the part of said…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Farley v. Frost-Johnson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Hornor v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
- Taylor v. United Fruit Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
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- Smith v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1965
- New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co. v. EaryWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1934
- Weber v. H. G. Hill Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- Mullin v. SkainsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1968
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