JIM REED CHEVROLET CO. v. WATSON


254 S.W.2d 733 (1953)

JIM REED CHEVROLET CO. et al. v. WATSON.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing denied February 6, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Conners, Jr., Nashville, for plaintiff.

Goodpasture, Carpenter & Dale, Nashville, for defendants.


PREWITT, Justice.

This is a Workmen's Compensation case wherein an award was made in favor of the petitioner for injury to his right eye.

The only question presented in this appeal in error is whether or not petitioner's injury "arose out of" his employment.

The injury to petitioner's eye resulted from a fight between him and Joe Willie Hendricks, growing out of a personal altercation between them over accusations by Hendricks that petitioner had stolen...

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