Legal Opinion
Keith v. Texas P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 1, 1930No. 30894PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
On May 29, 1926, Mrs. Winnie Keith, widow of Eads B. Keith, appearing for herself and her minor child, filed suit in the civil district court for the parish of Orleans, under the Employers' Liability Act of the state of Louisiana (Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended), claiming compensation at the rate of $20 per week for 300 weeks on account of the death of her husband, who is alleged to have been employed by defendant company as a brakeman on a train, which ran from Boyce to Addis, both places being within the state of Louisiana.
Plaintiff alleges that the injury which caused the death of her…
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