Smith v. Walker

This is a compensation suit which was instituted by Martin L. Smith against his employer, R.L. Walker. Shortly after trial, and before rendition of judgment, the plaintiff, Smith, died, and his surviving children, two daughters, Mrs. Hazel I. Gibbons and Mrs. Carrie M. Chesson, were substituted as plaintiffs.

The facts involved are largely undisputed. On the date of the accident, December 6, 1945, Martin L. Smith was the employee of R.L. Walker, and on that date the said employee was taken by his employer in the employer's automobile to the premises of the Bayou Rapides Lumber Company for the…