Case Name: Melvin A. DODGE, Appellant, v. Vassar A. ANDERSON et al., Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1958-05-21
Citations: 255 F.2d 246
Docket Number: No. 17082
Parties: Melvin A. DODGE, Appellant, v. Vassar A. ANDERSON et al., Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 255
Pages: 246–246

Head Matter:
Melvin A. DODGE, Appellant, v. Vassar A. ANDERSON et al., Appellees.
No. 17082.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
May 21, 1958.
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.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In the operation of their plantation in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, the appellees used mechanized equipment. The appellant was a mechanic employed by CoitChevrolet 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 in-' juries were caused by the negligence of an employee of the appellees and asking' for damages exceeding $100,000. The' district court, by implication, held that-the repair of their farm equipment was a part of and incidental to the trade, business or occupation of the appellees! and that appellant's sole remedy was under the Louisiana Compensation Act, and a summary judgment for the appellees was granted and from it an appeal was taken. The precedents are cited in Leslie v. Cities Service Refining Corporation, 5 Cir., 252 F.2d 902, decided March 4, 1958, and need not be here repeated. They sustain the judgment. It is
Affirmed.