Thomas v. Weil Bros.

Plaintiff is a colored man, sixty-six years old, and was a common laborer on the plantation of defendant. While doing some work in connection with the building of a small garage for defendant’s manager, plaintiff fell and broke his leg. He brings this suit against defendant for damages under article 2315 of the Civil Code, which provides:

“Every act whatever of man that causes damage to another, obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it. * * * ”

And article 2317 of the Civil Code, which provides that:

“We are responsible, not only for the damage occasioned by our own act, but for that…