Jacobs v. North Louisiana & Gulf R.

DAWKINS, District Judge.

Plaintiff brings this suit in forma pauper-is, first under the Federal Employers Liability Law, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., and in the alternative, for compensation under the State Workmen’s Compensation Statute, Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended, for injuries alleged to have been received as a brakeman on a freight train of the defendant.

Motions to dismiss are now to be considered, based upon the following, grounds:(1) That the allegation of poverty is insufficient (a) because plaintiff owns property of the value of $800, and (b) because of the failure of plaintiff’s…