Russ v. Union Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Thomas Fletcher Bell, Judge. Action by Napoleon Russ against the Union Oil Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff demands $5,000 as damages for personal injuries, sustained, as he alleges, by reason of defective apparatus used in the mill in which he was employed by defendant. Defendant, by way of exception, sets up a compromise, and, the exception having been overruled, answers that the plaintiff assumed the danger incident to his employment, and that he was guilty of contributory negligence. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $425, the defendant has appealed, and the plaintiff has answered the appeal praying for an increase in the amount of the…
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