Norris v. Louisiana Central Lumber Co.

In this action for compensation under Act No. 20 of 1914 as amended, the plaintiff, W. D. Norris, alleged that he had been in the employ of defendant Louisiana Central Lumber Company, a corporation operating a saw-mill, receiving a weekly wage of approximately thirty-one and 50/100 dollars, and that on or about the 28th day of .February, 1925 while cutting timber for the defendant he received a severe strain to his left abdominal wall, causing a rupture and hernia which permanently totally disabled him from doing any work of a reasonable character.

That prior to the accident plaintiff had…