Thibodeaux v. Yount Lee Oil Co.

From a judgment in the lower court dismissing his claim for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended), on an exception of no cause of action, the plaintiff has appealed.

His petition discloses in effect that he was employed by the defendant oil company which was doing some drilling and prospecting for oil in the Hackberry field in Cameron parish; that on March 30, 1929, at about 5 o’clock p. m., while walking to his home, which is situated approximately one mile from the place where he performed his work, on reaching a point about forty steps from his…