POWERS v. BEASLEY


276 S.W.2d 720 (1955)

L.H. POWERS, doing business as L. H. Powers Company and Bituminous Casualty Corporation v. Thomas C. BEASLEY and Mrs. Thomas C. Beasley.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 11, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude Callicott and Clayton W. Speer, Nashville, for plaintiffs in error.

Earl A. McNabb, of Nashville, for defendants in error.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

Thomas C. Beasley, fifty-two years of age suffered a heart attack in the course of his employment by L.H. Powers. He was never able to return to work prior to a second attack approximately six months later.

On the issues made the Trial Judge found (1) that the first attack arose out of, as well as in the course of, Beasley's employment, and (2) that the employer, Powers, had actual notice thereof, and (3) that the first attack "at least...

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