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LEWIS v. STATE

No. 6395.

176 So.2d 718 (1965)

Marie Louise LEWIS et al. v. STATE of Louisiana, through State BOARD OF INSTITUTIONS and State Department of Institutions.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 1, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. McHale, Jr., New Orleans, for appellants.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Edward S. Robertson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank L. Dobson, Special Counsel, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before ELLIS, LOTTINGER, LANDRY, BAILES and KEARNEY, JJ.

LANDRY, Judge.

This is a tort action by plaintiff, Edgerson J. Fountain and his estranged wife, Marie Louise Lewis Fountain, for damages for the death of their fifteen year old son, Hosea James Fountain, who died June 25, 1962, as the result of a flogging administered by employees and officers of the State Industrial School for Colored Youths, Scotlandville, Louisiana, to which said institution said deceased youth had been committed by lawful authority. Named defendants...

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