LODGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. WILKERSON


286 S.W.2d 865 (1956)

LODGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Inc. et al. v. John Henry WILKERSON.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 3, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.A. Kelly, of South Pittsburg, for appellants.

Wm. H. Woods, Goodpasture, Carpenter & Dale, Nashville, for appellee.


SWEPSTON, Justice.

This is an appeal by Lodge Manufacturing Company, Inc., and its insurance carrier, American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, from a decree of the Chancellor rendered against them in favor of John Henry Wilkerson on his claim under the Workmen's Compensation Act for a recovery for his alleged total and permanent disability due to the occupational disease of silicosis.

Defendants denied liability on the grounds (1) that petitioner is not...

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