Kreye v. Longville Long Leaf Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth. Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Winston Overton, Judge. Action by Charles Kreye against the Long-ville Long Leaf Lumber Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
A sawmill of the monster size was being constructed by the defendant company, in which there was no end of shaftings and pulleys, perhaps a thousand of the latter. Plaintiff and his brother, both of them tall men — 6 feet 1% inches— were mechanics employed in the work of construction. Their work necessitated their passing from one horizontal beam, upon which they were standing, 6 feet 5% inches above the ground floor, to another parallel horizontal beam at the same level, 8 feet % inch away. Extending from one of those beams to the other, and resting on the top of them, was an iron shafting,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Bedford Belt Railway Co. v. BrownIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
- Felch v. AllenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Sauer v. Union Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
- Bennett v. . Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Allen v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1896
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- LeCarpentier v. N. O. Public Service, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1930