Burroughs v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp.

ELLIS, Judge.

Plaintiff, while assisting defendant’s assured in rounding up some stray cattle, was struck in the mouth, and seriously injured, by a stick thrown by the assured. To the suit filed by plaintiff, defendant interposed a number of defenses, the most important of which was that of non-coverage under the policy. From a judgment dismissing the suit, plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.

Briefly, the facts show that Luther C. Juban, plaintiff’s step-father-in-law and defendant’s insured, was the owner of a 150 acre farm near Baton Rouge, on which he kept 86 head of cattle. A family of four…