Nichols v. Tall Timber Lumber Co. of Louisiana

The only question in this case, brought under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended), is whether or not the defendant, Tall Timber Lumber Com pany, can offset compensation due plaintiff, Christopher ,C. Nichols, with the sum of $675.-75 paid by them for medical and hospital expenses, in excess of the $230 allowed by the act.

Plaintiff, while working for defendant company on April 9, 1929, suffered a serious injury to his knee, entitling him to compensation for 175 weeks, at $9.75 per week, in all $1,706.25. Of this amount, $1,014 has been' paid and $20.50 tendered and…