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OLSEN v. SHARPE

235 S.W.2d 11 (1950)

OLSEN v. SHARPE et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 9, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Bruce Foster and J. W. Robertson, Knoxville, for plaintiffs in error, Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, Knoxville, of counsel.

Poore, Cox, Baker & McAuley, Hodges & Doughty and Jennings, O'Neil & Jarvis, Knoxville, for defendants in error.

GAILOR, Justice.

This is an appeal for the construction of a part of the Workmen's Compensation Act, Code, § 6851 et seq., and the question presented is thus well stated by the plaintiff in error: "The question involved in this case is whether or not an employee of a principal contractor may sue a sub-contractor, or sub-contractors, at common law for injuries received by said employee while working on the premises covered by the general contract, said injuries...

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