FONTENOT v. FONTENOT

No. 4404.

95 So.2d 212 (1957)

Delson FONTENOT v. Ulysse FONTENOT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1957.

Writ of Certiorari Granted October 8, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guillory & Guillory, Eunice, for appellant.

Tate & Tate, Mamou, for appellee.


LOTTINGER, Judge.

This case presents the perplexing question of the applicability of the provisions of our Workmen's Compensation Statute to the operations of the small farmer.

There appears to be no dispute but that the plaintiff, Delson Fontenot, while in the employ of the defendant, Ulysse Fontenot, was injured on November 21, 1956 when a steel fragment flew from the sledge hammer or wedge he was using to split fence posts and lodged in his left eye. As...

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