Gouner v. Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Albert Campbell Allen, Judge. Action by Alphonse Gouner against the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
This suit was instituted by plaintiff against the defendant in the parish of St. Mary on the 8th day of January, 1908.
The defendant company was domiciled in the state of Kansas.
Plaintiff claims damages for the death of his son George, a minor 18 years of age.
He was in the employ of the company, and had been ordered by an employe to go ■down into the cáisson under the bridge to work, and while in the caisson he met his death, due; plaintiff charges, to the negligence of defendant.
The company, some time after the suit had been instituted, appeared before the court, filed the required bond, and…
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