Bryant v. Werner Co.

The plaintiff brought suit for compensation under the workmen’s compensation act (Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended) and has appealed from a judgment rejecting his demands.

In July or August, 1929, defendant, a building contractor, was engaged in repairing a certain building in Shreveport and employed plaintiff as a common laborer. On the occasion of the alleged accident and injury, defendant was tearing up and removing a floor and plaintiff was picking up and removing the planks. While carrying some of these planks from one place to another, he stepped through an opening, causing him to fall,…