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R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. ROLLINS

315 S.W.2d 1 (1958)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Inc., Plaintiff in Error, v. Roy ROLLINS, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 6, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fraker, Silvers & Coleman, Greeneville, for plaintiff in error.

John A. Armstrong, Greeneville, for defendant in error.

SWEPSTON, Justice.

This is an action filed under T.C.A. § 50-1025 by Roy Rollins to increase the amount of a previous compensaiton award made to him and approved by the same trial judge. In the previous case the court made an award of 75% of the loss of a leg at the rate of $28 per week for 131.25 weeks from March 10, 1955. The present petition was filed on July 24, 1957, a few weeks before the prior award would have expired.

Proof was heard, after which...

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