Davis v. Texas Const. Co.

MOUTON, Judge.

Plaintiff alleging that he was injured on July 23, 1931, while rendering services as an employee of defendant company, sues defendant for compensation under the Employers’ Liability Act (Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended).

Judgment was rendered below rejecting his demand, from which he appeals.

Plaintiff avers that while assisting as an acetylene welder in the installation of a natural gas distributing system in the town of Youngsville by defendant company, a joint or section of pipe flew up, striking him on the face, nose, and forehead, causing his total disability from doing work…