Burke v. Soncrant

HAMITER, Judge.

Plaintiff, a manual laborer, entered the employ of one C. E. Soncrant about February 1, 1937. The latter possessed a contract with the Roy O. Martin Lumber Company for the cutting, hauling and loading of logs from timber owned by it and located in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. He teamed and worked with one Frank Smith in the cutting of the logs, and they received an agreed price for each thousand feet cut. This employment was followed until March 13, 1937, on which date he claims to have sustained an injury through an accident that occurred while engaged-in the performance of…