WALKER v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

No. 40381.

230 Miss. 95 (1957)

92 So.2d 445

WALKER v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson & Ross, Jackson; Niels F. Hertz, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana, for appellant.

Gwin & Kuehnle, Natchez, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

The issue is whether there is substantial evidence to support the finding of the Workmen's Compensation Commission that claimant did not unreasonably refuse to submit to surgery for a herniated, intervertebral disc, which admittedly arose out of and in the course of his employment.

Two sections of the Workmen's Compensation Act are involved. Section 7 (a), which is Code 1942, Section 6998-08 (a), provides...

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