DIVINE v. LEVY

No. 365.

36 F.Supp. 55 (1940)

DIVINE v. LEVY et al.

District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

December 13, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LeRoy Smallenberger, of Shreveport, La., for plaintiff.

Blanchard, Goldstein, Walker & O'Quin, Elias Goldstein and Leon O'Quin, all of Shreveport, La., for defendants Ben Levy and others.

Barksdale, Bullock, Clark & Van Hook, of Shreveport, La., for defendant W. D. Chew, Jr.

Edward S. Klein, of Shreveport, La., for defendants Jay Weil and Harry Weil.


PORTERIE, Judge.

Lacy Divine, a common laborer, became employed in the erection of the drilling rigs for, then continued to work as a roughneck in, the exploitation of oil through the boring of two wells under two leases, known as Levee Board No. 1 and Levee Board No. 2. He began work on March 13, 1939, and continued to October 1, 1939, at the agreed pay of $40 per month with a free house estimated to be worth $11 per month, a total of $51 per month; then, from October...

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