Legal Opinion

Heinzelman v. Board of Com'rs

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 30, 1921No. 24024PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge. Action by Jacob Heinzelman against the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Statement of the Case.

MONROE, C. J.

Plaintiff’s son, 17 years' of age, was killed by accident on November 5, 1918, while employed by defendant and engaged in the work for which he was employed; and, having previously made a demand on defendant for $50,000, on account of-his loss, plaintiff, on May 1, 1919, brought suit for that amount, praying, in the alternative, and in the event the courts should hold Act 20 of 1914 and Act 38 of 1918 to be constitutional and applicable, that he have “judgment and compensation under the provisions of these acts, with burial, medical, and other incidental…

2Cited by17 opinions

  1. Haynes v. Loffland Bros. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
  2. Cauthorn v. Cypress Tank Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1924
  3. Chauvin v. American Mutual Liability Ins.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1931
  4. States Engineering Co. v. HarrisCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1929
  5. Zeller v. Louisiana Cypress Lumber Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1928

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