Glotfelter Erection Co. v. Smith
Decision Date | 17 December 1927 |
Parties | GLOTFELTER ERECTION CO. v. SMITH. |
Court | Tennessee Supreme Court |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Shelby County; A. B. Pittman, Judge.
Proceeding under the Workmen's Compensation Act between the Glotfelter Erection Company and H. F. Smith. From a decree awarding compensation, the Glotfelter Erection Company appeals. Affirmed, and cause remanded.
Emmett W. Braden and Wilson, Gates & Armstrong, all of Memphis, for appellant.
Floyd Creasy, of Memphis, for appellee.
In Beech v. Keicher, 154 Tenn. 332, 289 S. W. 520, it was said:
In Sun Coal Co. v. Wilson, 147 Tenn. 118, 245 S. W. 547, the court said:
In Crane Enamelware Co. v. Dotson, 152 Tenn 405, 277 S. W. 903, it was said:
The physician who attended claimant, Dr. J. J. McCaughan, was introduced by the defendant and testified as follows:
"Mr. Smith was suffering from a depressed fracture of the skull in the right posterior parietal region and a fracture of the right fibula; that there was a laceration on Mr. Smith's head showing that he had received a fall, probably landing on his head, and that in thus falling he had driven a rock into his skull; that...
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