Watson v. I. L. Lyons & Co.

Citations

• 51 La. Ann. 1697
• 26 So. 440
• 1899 La. LEXIS 611

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>In a suit by the father of a minor child on two causes of action, one residing in-himself and occasioned by expenses incurred on account of the Illness brought upon the child by the alleged tort of the defendant, and by reason •f the anxiety and mental suffering endured by himself and his wife in consequence of the child’s danger; the other residing in the child and arising in consequence of the suffering inflicted on her — the father suing on this latter for the use and benefit of the child — separate amounts being alleged as to each cause of action, the wife of the plaintiff and mother of the child Is competent to testify in substantiation, of the claim asserted on behalf of the child, but not as to that asserted on behalf of the husband, or the community.</p>