Nugent v. Lee Lumber Co.

In this action plaintiff, Mrs. Pinkie Nugent, individually and as tutrix of her minor children, seeks to recover judgment against the Lee Lumber Co., Ltd., and Frank Hamilton for compensation under Act No. 20 of 1914, or, in the alternative, for damages under Article 2315 of the Civil Code, resulting from the death of Ed Nugent, husband of plaintiff and father of the minors.

The defendants excepted that the alternative demand failed to state a cause of action, and this exception being sustained, the cause was tried on the original demand, and judgment rendered rejecting plaintiff’s demands,…