Barnes v. American Mut. Liability Ins.

ELLIS, Judge.

■Plaintiff has filed this suit in which he alleged that while employed by the Caldwell Sugars Cooperative, Inc., he became entangled in some sugar cane and was ac-cidently thrown from a height of about 14 feet to an iron table against which he struck his back and was severely injured, and that as a result of the accident he is permanently and totally disabled and asked for the maximum amount under the Act, LSA-R.S. 23:1021 et seq., for a period not to exceed 400 weeks.

The defendant admitted the accident but contended that compensation had been paid to the plaintiff from the date…