JONES v. SOUTHERN TUPELO LUMBER CO.

No. 50586.

244 So.2d 815 (1971)

257 La. 869

Douglas M. JONES v. SOUTHERN TUPELO LUMBER COMPANY, Inc., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin, Moore, Beychok & Cooper, James E. Moore, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellants.

Ponder & Ponder, L. B. Ponder, Jr., Amite, Edward B. Dufreche, Ponchatoula, for plaintiff-appellee.


BARHAM, Justice.

Southern Tupelo Lumber Company, Inc., contracted with Billy Ray McKenzie to cut and haul certain timber for it. An injured employee of McKenzie, Douglas M. Jones, filed a workmen's compensation suit against McKenzie, Southern Tupelo, and its insurer. By supplemental petition Key Life Insurance Company was also made defendant as the alleged workmen's compensation insurer of McKenzie.1

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