LOUISIANA-MISSISSIPPI P. CONST. CORP. v. THORNTON

No. 14599.

213 F.2d 388 (1954)

LOUISIANA-MISSISSIPPI PIPELINE CONST. CORP. v. THORNTON.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 4, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. A. Wallace, Wallace & Greaves, Gulfport, Miss., for appellant.

R. W. Thompson, Jr., English Lindsey and Webb M. Mize, Gulfport, Miss., for appellee.

Before BORAH, and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge.


BORAH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment of the District Court in favor of the plaintiff Archie Thornton and against the defendant Louisiana-Mississippi Pipeline Construction Corporation in an action in tort for damages.

On the night of September 7, 1950, plaintiff, an employee of defendant, while off duty and sleeping in a tent at the site of defendant's pipeline construction job near Gulfport, Mississippi, was permanently injured when...

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