Pointe Coupee Electric M. Corporation v. Pettey

This is a proceeding under the Workmen's Compensation Statute, Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended, arising out of the death, on September 23, 1940, of an employee, Alton D. Pettey, who left a widow by a second marriage, Mrs. Ethlee Neill Pettey, and a minor child under eighteen years of age, Alton D. Pettey, Jr., issue of a former marriage and who lived with his mother, who had been awarded his care, custody and control in the decree of divorce between her and her husband. After the death of her husband, she qualified as the natural tutrix of the child.

The employer and its compensation insurance…