Porche v. Reliable Battery Co.

LANDRY, Judge.

Plaintiff herein, Melvin Porche, instituted this action against his employer, Reliable Battery Company, claiming benefits under the workmen’s compensation law of this state for an alleged disabling back injury assertedly incurred within the scope and during the course of plaintiff’s employment by defendant. From the judgment of the trial court rejecting and dismissing his said demand, plaintiff has appealed.

The evidence adduced by plaintiff in support of his claim consists principally and primarily of his own testimony corroborated in some respects by that of his common-law…