Loftin v. Frost-Johnson Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by S. H. Loftin against the Frost-Johnson Lumber Company. The judge refused to permit plaintiff, to maintain his suit without payment of costs or giving bond therefor, and he applies for a writ of mandamus to compel the granting of an order permitting him to so maintain his suit.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Relator sued the defendant company for $25,000 damages for personal injuries sustained in the course of his employment. Relator represented in his petition that he was unable to pay costs or give bond for the same and was therefore entitled to the benefits of Act No. 156 of 1912, p. 223, and annexed to his petition the affidavits required by section 2 of that statute. The judge below refused to grant an order permitting the relator to litigate in the cause *645without the payment of costs and giving bond for costs as provided in ordinary suits. Relator then applied to this court for a writ of…
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