De Coux v. Kentwood & E. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal' from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Robert S. Ellis, Judge. Action by Y. L. De Coux against the Kent-wood & Eastern Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a suit for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff was employed as a boiler maker by the defendant, and while he was’ engaged in cutting rivets from a sand box, the head or end of one of them blew up, and striking plaintiff in the eye, knocked it out. He was using at the time of the accident a hand chisel and a hammer.
The principal ground of negligence charged in the petition is that the defendant failed to furnish the plaintiff with the requisite tools and help for the kind of work which he. was instructed by the master mechanic to perform.
For answer the defendant, after pleading…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jenkins v. Maginnis Cotton MillsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
- McKinney v. McNeelySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
- Taylor v. Rock Island, A. & L. R. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Ederle v. Vicksburg, S. & P. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1904