Womack v. New Orleans Public Service Inc.

WESTERFIELD, J..

Plaintiff alleges that he was injured in the course of his employment as motorman by the defendant street railway company. He sues for compensation at the rate 'of $13.00 per week for .100 weeks beginning April 9, 1925. His injuries are described in his petition as “an extensive enlargement and induration of the right inguinal glands, very apparent upon inspection and painful on pressure” and “an injury to his abdominal wall and a tendency to inguinal hernia”.

He alleges that he was employed by the defendant after a thorough physical examination by' a physician, in defendant’s…