Guillot v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment refusing to set aside an order of dismissal of this suit and to reopen the case.

The facts are as follows:

On June 26, 1924, Wilfred Guillot, plaintiff’s husband, while employed by defendant as car inspector was killed by a car running over him. On December 5, 1924, his widow, through A. Y. Coco and Paul A. Sompayrac, able and honorable attorneys, the former late attorney general, and the latter his assistant, filed suit' in the District Court for the Parish of Jefferson, against the defendant praying for a judgment for herself and her minor child in accordance…