Manceaux v. Hunter Canal Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; William Campbell, Judge. Suit by Edgar Manceaux, as tutor ad hoc for his minor children, against the Hunter Canal Company. Prom judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
The plaintiff prosecutes this suit as tutor ad hoe on behalf of his eight minor .children (one of whom became a major before the trial) for the death of his wife and their mother, which he charges to have been caused through the fault and negligence of defendant. The answer admits the killing, but denies that defendant was at fault, and pleads contributory negligence on the part of deceased.
The case was tried before the judge without jury, and there was judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $4,000. Defendant *95appealed, and plaintiff has answered praying that the judgment be increased to…
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