Evans v. Louisiana Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Grant; W. F. Blackman, Judge. Action by W. Martin Evans against the Louisiana Lumber Company, Limited. Judgment for plaintiff!, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, J.
This is an action for damages of $7,000 for personal injuries at a sawmill. The case was tried by the judge without a jury. The defendant was condemned to pay the sum of $2,500.
Plaintiff filed an answer to the appeal, and asked for an amendment of the judgment by-allowing an increase to the sum which he claims in his petition.
Statement of the Pleadings.
Plaintiff, in his petition, charges that, owing to the negligence of defendant’s sawyer, for whose negligence defendant is liable in damages, he suffered injury entitling him to the damages he claims.
He avers, in substance, that he was working…
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