Legal Opinion
Ramsey v. Tremont Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 25, 1908No. 16,890PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lincoln; Robert Brooks Dawkins, Judge. Action by Robert P. Ramsey against the Tremont Lumber Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProyosty, J.
Plaintiff was employed as assistant millwright in defendant’s sawmill. 1-Iis duties were to—
“do general work around the mill, keep the mill in order, and do whatever was to be done during the operation of the mill at night, and, I suppose, he was to help repair machinery, and such like as that.”
Plaintiff was questioned, and he answered as follows:
*508“Q. Do I understand you did whatever the foreman ordered you to do ? A. Whatever came up to do. If I found it first, I did whatever I saw to do; and if he found it, and told me to go do it, I would go.”. Plaintiff was in his twenty-fifth year, and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Moffet v. KochSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Illinois Central Railroad v. JewellIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
- In re Estate of StevensSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
- Jenkins v. Maginnis Cotton MillsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
- Carey v. T. J. Sellers & Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Alexander v. Davis Bros.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
- Wiggins v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Lucius v. HarrisMississippi Supreme Court · 1934
- Henderson v. American Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916