Case Name: Mrs. M. L. Vaughn and Husband v. R. Terrell and Dr. H. F. Wade, Testamentary Executors
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1871-01
Citations: 23 La. Ann. 62
Docket Number: No. 2173
Parties: Mrs. M. L. Vaughn and Husband v. R. Terrell and Dr. H. F. Wade, Testamentary Executors.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 62–63

Head Matter:
No. 2173.
Mrs. M. L. Vaughn and Husband v. R. Terrell and Dr. H. F. Wade, Testamentary Executors.
The action to recover tli© wages of a person employed as a nurse is prescribed by onoyear. C. C. 3534.
APPEAL from the Second District Court, parish of Orleans.
Duvigneaud, J. Cotton & Levy, for plaintiffs and appellees.
T. &■ J. A. Gilmore, for defendants and appellants.

Opinion:
Ludeling, C. J.
This is an action against the executors of Mrs. Lucretia Wade to recover five thousand dollars for services, as a nurse,, rendered to the testatrix during her last illness.
The defendants have plead the prescription of one year in bar of the suit.
The plea must be maintained. The plaintiffs' action comes within that class designated , in the fifth paragraph of article 3534 [3499] of the Civil Code — " Celle des ouvriers, gens de travail et de service, pour le paiement de leurs journees, gages et salaires."
Mr. Marcado says of nurses, gardes-malades, " ce sont des gens do travail, rentrant sous Particle précédent." Mar. Prescription, p. 216.
It is therefore ordered, that the judgment of the district court be annulled, and that there be judgment against the plaintiffs, rejecting their demand, with costs of both courts.