Jones v. Crescent City Ice Mfg. Co.

This is a suit for compensation. It is brought under the provisions of Act No. 20 of 1914 and the acts amendatory thereof. In the civil district court the defendant excepted to the jurisdiction of the court and also filed an answer to the merits. The case was tried upon the exception and merits. The exception was not directly passed upon, but the trial court dismissed plaintiff’s suit upon the ground that the accident did not happen to the deceased during the course of his employment. The case was appealed, and the Court of Appeal of Orleans held that the judgment rendered on the merits was…