REECE v. YORK


288 S.W.2d 448 (1956)

Albert REECE, Plaintiff in Error, v. Colonel YORK, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & Baker, Huntsville, for plaintiff.

Reagan, Neal & Craven, Jamestown, for defendant.


SWEPSTON, Justice.

This is a Workmen's Compensation case in which there is no question about the amount of the award to the injured employee. There was a recovery of $5,000 by the injured employee against a third party tort feasor which by statutory subrogation, Code, § 6865, as modified by the Act of 1949, was credited to the employer against his liability to the employee. The Chancellor, after allowing this and other proper credits to be mentioned hereinafter...

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