Kight v. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
.Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; R. D. Webb, Judge. Action by W. M. Eight against the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPjROVOSTY, J.
[1-3] Plaintiff was one of a gang of men in the employ of the defendant company doing repair work on its railroad bridge across Red river at Shreveport. The head of a maul that was being used some 15 feet above him slipped from the handle, and dropped upon him, striking him on his head. This maul head was of iron, and weighed 10 pounds; the handle was of wood. Usually for securing a maul’s head to the handle a wedge is driven into the end of the handle that is inserted into the head so as to enlarge it and thereby make it fit tight. This had not been done in the present case, and plaintiff…
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