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PORT GIBSON VENEER & BOX CO. v. BROWN

No. 39807.

226 Miss. 127 (1955)

83 So.2d 757

PORT GIBSON VENEER & BOX CO. v. BROWN

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 12, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henley, Jones & Woodliff, Hazlehurst and Jackson, for appellant.

Berger & Callon, Natchez; Joseph Davenport, Jr., Port Gibson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, J.

Appellant contends that claimant failed to meet the burden of proof that his alleged injury was accidental and that his employment had causal connection therewith.

Claimant was a millwright in a veneer mill, engaged in repairing the conveyor trough. Sections of the trough weighing about 600 pounds were being replaced and welded. Claimant and a number of laborers lifted the section in place, after which...

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