Hinton v. Louisiana Central Lumber Co.

Plaintiff prosecutes this appeal from a judgment of the lower court sustaining an exception of no cause or right of action and dismissing the suit.

It is a suit under the Employers’ Liability Act of this state to recover $20 per week for 400 weeks, beginning May 29, 1930, with 5 per cent, per annum interest on each weekly payment from its maturity until paid, plus $250 for hospital expenses and doctors’ bills, as compensation for accidental injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff while employed by defendant on 29th of May, 1930, in the parish of Winn, La.

Plaintiff alleges in…