BOURG v. J. RAY McDERMOTT & CO.

No. 20138.

70 So.2d 225 (1954)

BOURG v. J. RAY McDERMOTT & CO., Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Orleans.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1954.

Writ of Certiorari Denied March 22, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew H. Thalheim and Richard A. Thalheim, Gretna, for appellant.

Frank T. Doyle and Robert G. Hughes, New Orleans, for appellee.


REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Mrs. Zulma Bourg, widow of Hilarus G. Bourg, and the administratrix of his succession, instituted this suit for damages in the amount of $30,000 for the wrongful death of her husband in conformity with the provisions of Section 33 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, known as the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, against defendant, J. Ray McDermott & Company, Inc., his employer.

Defendant answered and pleaded the exceptions of...

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