Roth v. Russell
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; T. C. W. Ellis, Judge. Suit by Andrew Roth against John S. Russell, proprietor of the Russell Motor Car Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a suit to recover $10,000, for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, while working as a common laborer for the defendant, through the negligence of one James Feehan, foreman, or boss of defendant, while engaged in removing chassis, that is, the metal bodies of automobiles, weighing about 1,200 pounds each, from box cars at the Frisco sheds in the city of New Orleans.
The petition represents that due to their *583weight, said chassis were being rolled out on pieces of gas pipe, and that the plaintiff was directed by said foreman to give close attention to said…
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