Schoultz v. Eckardt Mfg. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; Conrad De Baillon, Judge. Action by George A. Schoultz against the Eckardt Manufacturing Company, Limited, to recover for personal injuries. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiff was an experienced workman, of 15 years’ standing. He was molder and planer foreman, and in that capacity had charge of the workmen, machinery, etc., on one of the floors of defendant’s sash and door factory. He states that his further duty was “to fix belts and keep the machines in running order.” He had been in defendant’s employ some 14 months, discharging those duties, when he was called upon to mend one of the belts of one of the saw tables, and had four of his fingers cut off in attempting to do the work. As soon as his hand got well, he went back to his same work in…
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