Little v. A. Wilbert's Sons' Lumber & Shingle Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Parish, of Iberville; O. K. Schwing, Judge. Action by George Little against the A. Wilbert’s Sons’ Lumber & Shiugle Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvo Sty, J.
A conveyor operating at a height of some 18 feet from the ground carries the refuse from the saw of defendant’s mill in the city of Plaquemine some distance out of the mill. A man stands on an elevated platform on the side of this conveyor near its end outside the mill, and, as the refuse passes him, selects therefrom such pieces of wood as may be useful, and, disposes of them by pitching them to the ground back of him, where they pile up, or into one or other of two chutes, according to their character. The wood thus thrown upon the ground is sold for firewood; and the plaintiff, an old…
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