Schroeder v. Collins
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Certiorari to Court of Appeal, Parish of Orleans. Action by James Schroeder against Charles Collins. Judgment for defendant was affirmed by the Court of Appeal, and he applies for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The Court of Appeal held that a railroad switchman is a “laborer” in the sense of article 644 of the Code of Practice, as amended by Act No. 79, p. 123, of 1876, exempting “laborer’s wages” from seizure under execution. We see no error in this ruling.
All manual employments require a certain degree of intelligence and skill. It is true that we have held that a locomotive engineer was not a “laborer” in the sense of the statute (State ex rel. Grocery Co. v. Judge, 108 La. 512, 32 South. 433, 58 L. R. A. 407, 92 Am. St. Rep. 392), but we did so because we considered him as a “mechanical…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. I. X. L. Grocery Co. v. LandSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
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