International Paper v. Arkansas Louisiana M.R. Co.

Appeal in this case is prosecuted by plaintiff from judgment that sustained exceptions of no cause and no right of action tendered by the defendants. The well pleaded facts alone may properly be weighed and considered in determining the merits of the exceptions. The pertinent facts of the case, reflected from the petition, follow, to wit:

Reuben E. Branscom, an employee of the plaintiff, suffered an accident while performing the duties of his employment on June 16, 1945, in which he received injuries alleged to be total and permanent. At that time he was earning an average weekly wage of…