TURNER v. BLUFF CITY LUMBER CO.


227 S.W.2d 1 (1950)

TURNER v. BLUFF CITY LUMBER CO. et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 10, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Nelson and Ferber Floyd, Memphis, for plaintiff in error.

Harsh, Pierce, Cochran & Rickey and William W. O'Hearn, Memphis, for defendant in error, Porter Turner.


PREWITT, Justice.

This is a Workmen's compensation case, and, as stated in the brief filed by counsel for defendants, the only material question is whether or not petitioner's injury arose out of his employment.

It appears from the record that on July 13, 1948, petitioner, Porter Turner, sustained injuries to the second finger of his left hand during the course of an argument with a fellow employee, Willie Burke Jones, of the City Lumber Company, while in...

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