Thomas v. Chickasaw Saw Mill

This is a compensation suit in which the only question at issue is whether or not the accidental injury sustained by the plaintiff occurred in the course and within the scope of his employment. There is some question also as to the nature and extent of the injury as it relates to plaintiff's condition, and whether it is one which produced total and permanent disability.

Plaintiff was employed by the Chickasaw Saw Mill, Inc., engaged at the time in manufacturing lumber at a small portable saw-mill which it operated near Clinton, Louisiana. The accident and resulting injury which he sustained…