Supreme Court of Louisiana February 4, 1935, No. 32613. (Metropolitan Casualty Ins. Co. v. Bowdon)

HIGGINS, Justice.

Plaintiff, an insurance company, claiming to be a statutory subrogee and a conventional assignee, brought this action against the defendants, an alleged tort-feasor and his insurance carrier, in solido, to recover damages for the wrongful death of an employee in the sum of $5,050, representing the amount of compensation paid by the plaintiff, and the balance for which it was