Broadfoot v. Shreveport Cotton Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Alfred Dillingham Land, Judge. Action by R. M. Broadfoot against Shreveport Cotton Oil Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, J.
This is an action brought by plaintiff to recover damages for injuries received by plaintiff while at work at defendant’s oil mill in January, 1902.
The amount of damages claimed is $10,-000.
Plaintiff is a carpenter and millwright, and was employed by defendant to work at its oilmill.
The foreman of the screenroom and an employs of defendant company asked plaintiff to assist him in pulling a belt on a pulley. This pulley was near the east wall of the screenroom.
It was while at this work of pulling on the belt that his clothing was caught by the fast revolving shaft on the “safety collar” on the…
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- Schneller v. Louisiana State Rice Milling Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
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