Cory v. Askew

Relator sued under the Employers’ Liability Act (Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended) for compensation for 400 weeks at the rate of $20 per week for alleged permanent injury suffered while in the course of his employment. Issue was joined^ the case was tried, and judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant for compensation at the rate of $20 per week for five weeks, and decreeing the first payment to be due August 22,1927. The plaintiff obtained tbe usual order and perfected a devolutive appeal from the judgment in so far as it rejected his demand. A motion was made…