Black v. Louisiana Cent. Lumber Co.

This is a suit for compensation under tlie Employers’ Liability Act, being the Act 20 of 1914, as amended by Act 243 of 1916, Act 38 of 1918, Act 247 of 1920, and Act 43 of 1922. The Act 216 of 1924, which is the latest amendment of the statute, is not applicable, because the cause of action arose before this amendment went into effect.. The plaintiff was employed as conductor on a logging train of the defendant lumber company, and, while he was engaged in roupling cars, his right hand was caught between the drawheads and injured. The in jury disabled him for work of any reasonable character…