Fields v. Brown Paper Mill Co.

Both plaintiff and defendant have appealed from the judgment of the District Court in this case, awarding the plaintiff compensation at the rate of $6 per week for a period of 300 weeks. Plaintiff contends that compensation should be increased to $17.40 per week and defendant contends that no compensation whatever is due.

[1] Before answering, defendant filed an exception of no cause and no right of action to the demand on behalf of the minor, Charles Lewis Fields, for the reason that his mother did not qualify as his natural tutrix and it was argued in the district court and here that it is…