Ross v. Cochran & Franklin Co.

Alfred Ross, colored, a minor 16 years, 8 months and 19 days old, was employed by the defendant company to do work in and about a stave mill, the employment being admittedly hazardous. On the tenth day after he was employed and while engaged in work at the mill, he received an accidental injury resulting in the loss of three-fifths of his left foot. The father and mother of the minor brought this suit for damages, for the use and benefit of the son, under Article 2315 of the Civil Code, alleging that the injury was due wholly to the fault and negligence of defendant; but in the alternative…