Legal Opinion
Godfrey v. Brown Paper Mill Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided November 18, 1943No. Civ. A. No. 752PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAWKINS, District Judge.
Plaintiff has moved to remand this case to the state court on the ground that the amount involved is below the minimum jurisdiction of a federal court. The suit was brought under the Workmen’s Compensation Law of the state (Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended), and the prayer is for “$13.52 for and during disability not to exceed four hundred weeks, payable in weekly installments, beginning with December 15, 1941, * * * and for the additional sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars” for medical treatment, which “he believes and avers” will be necessary.
Of course, if plaintiff…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Elliott v. Empire Natural Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
- Wright v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1927
- Ford v. Fortuna Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Asbury v. New York Life Ins. Co.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1942
- Jefferson v. Laure N. Truck LineLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1938
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Mutual Life Ins. v. TempleDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1944
- Strickland v. W. Horace Williams Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Guidry v. J. Ray McDermott Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1950
- Carroll v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1973
- Oscar L. Strickland, and Cross-Appellee v. W. Horace Williams Company, Inc., and the Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., and Cross-Appellants. W. Horace Williams Company, Inc., and the Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., and Cross-Appellants v. Oscar L. Strickland, and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956