Borde v. New Orleans & G. N. R.

In this case the district judge rendered the following opinion:

“On December 9, 1929, while working for the defendant in the capacity of a ear repairer, the plaintiff received an injury to his eye which injury necessitated the removal of the eye on the 11th of January, 1930. Plaintiff filed a suit in this court claiming compensation under the workmen’s compensation law of Louisiana which suit bears the docket number 5733. That suit was dismissed by judgment of this court on the ground that at the time of the injury plaintiff was engaged in interstate commerce and therefore the compensation law…