Iry v. Traders & General Ins. Co.

HAMITER, Judge.

In his petition plaintiff alleges that he sustained a right inguinal hernia while assisting in lifting a heavy piece of machinery onto a truck during the morning of August 18, 1936. At that time he was an employee of and acting in the discharge of his duties with the Monroe Construction Company, which was engaged in a road building project in Natchitoches parish, La. For this employment he received 30 cents per hour, and was working forty hours each week.

Compensation under the Louisiana Employers’ Liability Act (Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended) is claimed by plaintiff in this…