Legal Opinion
Messel v. Foundation Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 31, 1927No. 202PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
delivered the opinion of the Court. '
On December 20, 1920, Robert L. Messel filed a suit in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, to. recover $10,000, as for damages for personal injuries,, from the Foundation Company, a corporation of the State of New York doing business in Louisiana as a ship builder and repairer of sea-going steamships. The facts as averred in his petition were as follows: He was employed by the Foundation Company in September, 1919, as a helper to a boilermaker. He was sent with the boilermaker on board the steamship La-Grange, then…
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