Harrison v. Norman Breaux Lumber Co.

Plaintiff was in the employ of defendant as a laborer near Morgan City, in the parish of St. Mary, and on November 15, 1922, was injured and he sues for compensation under the Employer’s Liability Act.

At the time of the accident plaintiff was carrying bricks and placing them upon a scaffold, which gave away under load, and he fell to the ground with the bricks. He says that he received severe contusions, bruises and cuts on his leg. Other witnesses say that the injury was apparently very slight and consisted merely of an abrasion of the skin on his leg.

After his fall plaintiff got. up, went…