Williams v. Great Southern Lumber Co.

delivered the -opinion of the Court.

This suit was brought in the federal court for eastern Louisiana by Lena A. Williams, widow of L. E. Williams, jn her own behalf and as tutrix of their minor child, against the Great Southern Lumber Company, to recover damages for the alleged unlawful killing of her husband. She had a verdict and judgment. 13 F. (2d) 246. The Circuit Court of Appeals .reversed the judgment, and rerüanded the case for a new trial. 17 F. (2d) 468.

The Lumber Company operated a sawmill in the city of Bogalusa, Louisiana, in which it employed about 2,500 men, white and colored.…