GILES COUNTY v. RAINEY


258 S.W.2d 774 (1953)

GILES COUNTY et al. v. RAINEY.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 25, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Harwell, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lawrenceburg, for appellant.

Henry & Henry and Lee & Lee, Pulaski, for appellee.

M. Thomas Valaske, Nashville, amicus curiae.


GAILOR, Justice.

This case rises under the Workmen's Compensation Law, and specifically Code sec. 6871, as said section was amended by Chapter 149, Public Acts of 1945. The case is improperly styled. The parties are reversed.

Roy Rainey, a former employee of Giles County, filed his bill in the Chancery Court of that County for compensation for permanent total disability. Giles County and other County officials were made parties defendant, as was W.N. Estes...

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