Williams v. Levert Lumber & Shingle Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberville; Edward Blount Talbot, Judge. Action by John Williams against the’Levert Lumber & Shingle Company, Limited. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, J.
The plaintiff prays for judgment against the defendant in the sum of 812,000, with interest. His action is based upon the allegations that he was employed by the defendant company to load cars at its skidder in the parish of Iberville; that while thus employed on the 24th of June, 1903, without any fault or negligence on his part, he was seriously injured (stating to what extent) by the breaking of a part of the paraphernalia of the said skidder, and by a large block, suspended, falling upon him, and the skidder line falling upon him, which block and skidder…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Henry v. Brackenridge Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1896
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- Thompson v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1907
- Roff v. Summit Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Cato v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1941
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