Hair v. Williams Bros., Inc.

This is a suit brought by the plaintiff under the Employer’s Liability Law (Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended). Williams Bros., Incorporated, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Nevada, was carrying on the job of building and constructing a gas pipe line in and through certain parishes in northeast Louisiana during the year 1930. In the conduct of this work motor trucks were used for hauling material, machinery, and equipment. During the summer and fall of 1929 the said Williams Bros., Incorporated, employed Dunn Bros. Construction Company to construct a portion of this pipe…