Connelly v. Southern Pac. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Action by Patrick Connelly against the Southern Pacific Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a suit for damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, a sailor, while working on one of the defendant’s ships lying at her landing in the city of New Orleans.
According to the allegations of the petition, the plaintiff was ordered by the officer in charge to paint the side of a hatch cover on the S. S. Chalmette, and in order to do the work it was necessary to place a plank across the opening of the hatch. The peti*121tion represents that said officer procured a piece of planking and placed it across said opening, and while petitioner was standing on said plank, doing the…
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