DODGE v. ANDERSON

No. 17082.

255 F.2d 246 (1958)

Melvin A. DODGE, Appellant, v. Vassar A. ANDERSON et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 21, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. McKeithen, Columbia, La., McKeithen, Mouser & McKinley, Columbia, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thos. W. Davenport, George M. Snellings, Jr., E. K. Theus, Monroe, La., McHenry, Lamkin, Snellings & Breard, Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh, Monroe, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before RIVES, JONES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

In the operation of their plantation in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, the appellees used mechanized equipment. The appellant was a mechanic employed by Coit Chevrolet Company of St. Joseph, Louisiana. Needing adjustment of the diesel engine of a grader and bulldozer, the appellees requested appellant's employer to send a man to do the work. The appellant was sent. While working on the equipment the appellant was injured. He sued the appellees claiming his...

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