Labourdette v. Doullut & Williams Shipbuilding Co.

Plaintiff’s son,' a minor aged 17 years and 7 months, was killed accidentally while in the employ of defendant. Failing to effect a satisfactory settlement with defendant, plaintiff brought the present suit for damages, under article 2315 of the Civil Code, which provides that:

“Every act whatever of man that causes damage to another, obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it. * * * ”

Plaintiff’s petition, after setting forth the amount of damages to which he considers himself entitled, alleges:

“That on the 25th day of September, 1919, your petitioner’s minor son, Adrian Labourdette,…