SAMSON v. BORDEN CO.

No. 4286.

92 So.2d 152 (1957)

Mrs. Mildred Bernard SAMSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The BORDEN COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor, Porter, Brooks, Fuller & Phillips, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

John L. Avant, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.


TATE, Judge.

Defendant Borden Company appeals from the award of workmen's compensation benefits to Wickliff Samson's widow and children for his death.

Samson was admittedly killed on August 28, 1955 in the course of his duties operating an ice cream truck which sold defendant Borden's products. The principal question presented by this appeal is whether Samson was in reality an employee of the Borden Company, as found by the District Court; rather than merely...

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