Watkins v. Roach

The defendant was a contractor and was engaged in constructing >r enlarging a public levee near Ferriday n the Parish of Concordia.

In the construction of the levee he used what was called a “drag-line”, operated by a steam engine.

The plaintiff, along with others, was employed Ky him to operate the “drag-line”, and while at work operating' said “drag-line” plaintiff got his left hand caught between the wheels of the machine and the rails on which it ran, resulting in his hand being crushed so that he lost the third and fourth fingers of that hand, and his second, or middle, finger was mashed…