CHEEKS v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY CO. OF NEW YORK

No. 4198.

87 So.2d 377 (1956)

Godfrey CHEEKS et al. v. The FIDELITY & CASUALTY CO. OF NEW YORK et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guillory & Guillory, Eunice, for appellants.

Plauche & Stockwell, Fred H. Sievert, Jr., Lake Charles, for appellees.


ELLIS, Judge.

The plaintiffs filed this suit against the defendants for the wrongful death of Godfrey Cheeks, Jr., their illegitimate son. The plaintiffs were never married but it is not disputed that they were the natural parents of the deceased.

An exception of no right or cause of action was filed and following oral argument, the lower court without written reasons, maintained the exception and dismissed plaintiffs' suit.

Plaintiffs have appealed...

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