HARPER v. GRADY COUNCE & SON


250 S.W.2d 371 (1952)

HARPER v. GRADY COUNCE & SON.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Tom Abernathy, Selmer, for plaintiff in error.

Ross & Ross, Savannah, for defendants in error.


PREWITT, Justice.

This is a Workmen's Compensation suit which the Circuit Judge dismissed after hearing all the proof. The trial judge was of the opinion that the petitioner was a "casual employee only" as defined by Section 6856, sub-section (b) of the Code, and was not employed in the usual course of trade, business, profession or occupation of the defendant.

Richard Harper, the petitioner, a colored man, whose home was at Selmer and whose occupation was...

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