Ferris v. S. Hernsheim Bros.

'The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

Defendants were proprietors of a cigar and tobacco manufactory in the city of New Orleans.

Plaintiff was an employee therein as stripper of tobacco, and alleges that, while engaged in the discharge of her duties, in descending a stair case from one stray of the building to another, with her arms laden with working boards and leaf tobacco, her foot was caught by the broken and upturned zinc covering on the stairs and she was precipitated headlong down the stair case, inflicting severe personal injuries, rendering her unconscious for days,…