Narcisse v. American Sugar Refining Co.

JANVIER, Judge.

The plaintiff, Morris Narcisse, Jr., having been accidentally injured while engaged in hazardous employment by defendant, the American Sugar Refining Company, brought this suit in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans under the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Laws, LSA-R.S. 23:1021 et seq., praying for judgment based on total, permanent disability.

The defendant, after an unsuccessful attempt to remove the case to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, excepted to the jurisdiction of the State courts of Louisiana, ratione materiae,…