SMITH v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO.

No. 8161.

73 So.2d 652 (1954)

SMITH v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan, Baker & Skeels, Shreveport, for appellant.

Madison, Madison, Files & Shell, Bastrop, Dan W. Stewart, Jr., Minden, for appellee.


AYRES, Justice.

This is a suit for workmen's compensation. Plaintiff, a forty-four year old colored man, suffered injuries August 13, 1952, when he fell from a platform to the bottom of a concrete ditch or pit while engaged in work as a cement finisher for the International Paper Company at its plant at Cullen, Webster Parish, Louisiana.

From a judgment rejecting his demands, plaintiff has appealed to this court.

The sole issue before the court is...

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