Leverett v. White Sulphur Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirtieth Judicial District Court, Parish of La Salle; George Wear, Sr., Judge. Action by A. S. Leverett against the White Sulphur Lumber Company, Limited. Judgment for defendant, rejecting the plaintiff’s claim, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
Plaintiff has appealed from a judgment rejecting his claim for damages said to have been sustained by him in the death of his minor son, through the alleged fault of the defendant.
The minor, accompanied by his mother, was paying a visit to the boy’s grandfather, Miles T. Smith, at or near Jena, and Smith concluded to go upon a fishing expedition to a creek some eight or nine miles distant, taking with him his son, Gerald, aged about 16, and the minor, Clifford, who was in his eleventh year, and, as defendant’s logging road extended in the direction of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. JonesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
- Holmes ex rel. Holmes v. Cromwell & Spencer Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
- Johnson v. Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Tommie v. Little River Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
3Cited by1 opinion
- Bonner v. Louisiana Central Lumber Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1935