Garcia v. Salmen Brick & Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany; Prentiss B. Carter, Judge. Action by Raymond Garcia and wife against the Salmen Brick & Lumber Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiffs for an insufficient amount, they appeal. Affirmed. '
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
The plaintiffs, as parents, instituted this suit against the Salmen Brick & Lumber Company, Ltd., for damages on account of the death of their 17 year old son, Frank Garcia, who was killed on April 18, 1919, while at work for the defendant at its brick and tile factory, in the town of Slidell. The suit is brought under article 2315 of Revised Civil Code, with the alternative demand for compensation under the Employers’ Liability Act (Laws 1914, No. 20), in the event it should be held that the plaintiffs were not entitled to recover damages. On a trial of the case in the court below, the…
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