LYNCH v. LA RUE


278 S.W.2d 85 (1955)

Osteen LYNCH v. J.C. LA RUE d/b/a The J.C. La Rue Canning Company, et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emery B. Gill, Centerville, and D.D. Humphreys, Jr., Hohenwald, for appellant.

R.R. Haggard, Waynesboro, for appellee.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by Osteen Lynch from the judgment of the Circuit Court dismissing his petition for compensation under the provisions of our Workmen's Compensation Law, Code, § 6851 et seq.

In August of 1945 Lynch received an electricity shock which rendered him unconscious for a substantial number of minutes. This accident arose out of, and in the course of, his employment by defendant, J.C. La Rue, whose business fell within the...

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