Legal Opinion
Langston v. Red Iron Drilling Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided March 28, 1941No. 219PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORTERIE, District Judge.
The Fact Situation.
Harry Hanbury and the Red Iron Drilling Company owned together an oil lease on which the plaintiff herein, Louis L. Langston, an employee, had worked as a “switcher” for more than eight months when, on August 18, 1939, he was injured in the scope of his employment, when an ax which he was carrying was dropped by him on his left foot and this resulted in the complete loss of the great toe, of two small toes, and the partial loss of a third small toe. During the period of his employment at $150 per month Langston knew only Hogue, the agent of Hanbury,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Posey v. FargoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
- Brooks v. Peerless Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- R.P. Farnsworth v. Estrade, Cotton FrickeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1936
- Green v. Hawkins & AntoonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
- J. T. Gibbons, Inc. v. StableLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Babineaux v. Southeastern Drilling CorporationLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- Divine v. LevyDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1942
- Duncan v. GillLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
- Taylor v. WomackLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1945