Youchican v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Avoyelles; S. Allen Bordelon, Judge. Action by Sesostris Youchican against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. Prom judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
[1] Plaintiff sues in damages for the death of his mother, who was killed by a train of the defendant company. Until article 2315 of the Code was amended by Act 71, p. 94, of 1884, and Act 120, p. 178, of 1908, our jurisprudence was well settled to the effect, guoting Hennen Dig. p. 1056, No. 1. “Our law gives no civil action for the homicide of a free human being.” And our jurisprudence is well settled that these statutes, in granting a right of action to the “child” or “children” of the person killed, have reference exclusively to legitimate children, i. e., children born in wedlock, or to…
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