Lee v. Memphis Natural Gas Co.

PONDER, Justice.

On October 14, 1938, the relator, James Milburn Lee, instituted suit against the Memphis Natural Gas Company and Associated Indemnity Corporation of San Francisco, California, under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Act No. 20 of 1914, for an injury received on Sepetmber 12, 1938, while in the employment of the Fluor Corporation who as independent contractors were installing machinery and equipment for the Memphis Natural Gas Company in the Parish of Ouachita. The relator alleged in his petition that he was a citizen and resident of Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, and on…