Henderson v. E. L. Dalton & Co.

FRUGÉ, Judge Ad Hcc.

This is a suit under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended. After trial, for written reasons' assigned, the District Court rendered judgment in favor of claimants in the sum of $16.65 per week for 300 weeks, beginning November 8, 1948, and for costs .and doctors’ fees. From this judgment defendants have appealed.

Edward Henderson, 57 years of age, was employed by the defendant E. L. Dalton and Company, Inc., at a weekly wage of $35.20. His work consisted of melting tar in a pot or kettle. ' The tar was in two hundred pound roils. It was necessary to…