LAWES v. HOUSTON FIRE & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.

No. 5162.

127 So.2d 84 (1961)

Joseph R. LAWES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HOUSTON FIRE & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1961.

Certiorari Denied April 7, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holt, Holt, Kramer & Hamm, Alexandria, for appellant.

Leon A. Picou, St. Francisville, for appellee.

Before ELLIS, LOTTINGER, HERGET, JONES and LANDRY, JJ.


ELLIS, Judge.

Plaintiff, an employee of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana, seeks in this action to recover of his employer's compensation carrier, Houston Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, workmen's compensation for total permanent disability due to an accidental injury on or about February 28, 1951, within the course and scope of his employment.

The occurrence of the accident in the course and scope of plaintiff's employment and the...

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