Stewart v. Parish of Jefferson Davis

This suit was instituted by Edville Stewart, who claimed of the defendant compensation for the death of his son Johnny, who was killed while he was in its employ, and who, he alleges, contributed before his death to his support.

Shortly after .the filing of the petition, Mae Stewart, born Thibodaux, wife of Ed-ville Stewart, the plaintiff, but living separate and apart from him, intervened, and, averring that she was the mother of Johnny Stewart, and that she had been for several years partially actually dependent upon him for her own support as well as for that of her three minor children,…