Louisiana Court of Appeal November 7, 1930, No. 3577 (Clements v. Luby Oil Co.)

ODOM, J.

The defendant was engaged in drilling for oil and gas, and employed Clements & Lester, a partnership composed of William E. Clements and M. F. Lester, to build a derrick, and, while at work on the derrick, Clements fell from a scaffolding and was so injured that he died. This plaintiff, his widow, brought suit under the Workmen’s Compensation Acts (Act No.