Monvoisin v. Plant
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; George H. Théard, Judge. Suit by William Monvoisin against George Plant for personal injury, in which plaintiff compromised with defendant on payment of a specific sum and moved for a discontinuance as in case of nonsuit, which was ordered.
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Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; George H. Théard, Judge. Suit by William Monvoisin against George Plant for personal injury, in which plaintiff compromised with defendant on payment of a specific sum and moved for a discontinuance as in case of nonsuit, which was ordered. Subsequently plaintiff filed a .supplemental amended petition making the original defendant and the Ocean Accident & Guaranty Corporation, Limited, parties defendant for the same accident and injury. The order permitting the supplemental amended petition was vacated as to the original defendant.…
1Opinion of the CourtSommeb.ville, J.
Plaintiff, a longshoreman, while engaged in loading a vessel in the port of New Orleans, met with a serious accident, and he has §ued the defendant, his employer, in damages amounting to $31,000, or, in the alternative, for $4,160, under the Employers? Liability Act. The accident happened on December 29, 1917; and this suit was filed .September 26, 1918. The ease was within the admiralty jurisdiction.
On November 16, 1918, plaintiff entered into a compromise with the defendant on payment to him of $3,000 by the latter, and on November 22, he moved a discontinuance of his suit, as in ease of…
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