Speed v. Page

62 So.2d 824 (1952)

222 La. 529

SPEED

v.

PAGE et al.

No. 40919.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 10, 1952.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1952.

Dale, Richardson & Dale, Vidalia, for defendant-appellant and applicant.

Warren Hunt and John C. Morris, Jr., Rayville, Gist, Thornton & Murchison, Alexandria, for defendants and respondents.

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, David L. Speed, alleging that he was totally and permanently disabled in September, 1950, as the result of a brain injury sustained when he fell from a 23 foot scaffold while employed as a laborer to assist in the work of demolishing…