Lyons v. Wheless

Plaintiff alleged that he was in the employ of T.H. Bedsole hauling pulpwood for Roger E. Wheless, who was engaged in the business of furnishing pulpwood to the Brown Paper Mill, in West Monroe, Louisiana; and that while hauling the said pulpwood the truck he was driving wrecked, due to a blowout, and turned over, the plaintiff receiving a fracture of one of the bones in his ankle. He instituted this suit for compensation against both Bedsole and Wheless.

The accident is admitted and there is no serious dispute over the amount of wages plaintiff was earning. The extent of disability is…