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MURPHY v. HOUMA WELL SERVICE

No. 26902 Summary Calendar.

413 F.2d 509 (1969)

Patricia Lebouef MURPHY, as administrarix of the Estate of Edward Fontenot, deceased, Etc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HOUMA WELL SERVICE et al., Defendants, v. Eva C. FONTENOT, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 18, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. McGee, Mamou, La., Preston N. Aucoin, Ville Platte, La., for appellant.

Patrick A. Juneau, Jr., Lafayette, La., Isom J. Guillory, Jr., Aaron Frank McGee, Guillory, Guillory & Guillory, Eunice, La., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and THORNBERRY and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

By petition for rehearing, Intervenor-Appellant, Mrs. Eva C. Fontenot, seeks reconsideration of our original decision (a) that the Federal Court should look to state law in determining who is a "child" for purposes of the Jones Act, and (b) that the minor child involved was a "child" of the decedent under Louisiana law and therefore the sole statutory beneficiary in this Jones Act

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