HOLT v. CANNON MILLS CO.

No. 527.

105 S.E.2d 614 (1958)

249 N.C. 215

Edgar Lee HOLT (Employee) v. CANNON MILLS COMPANY (Employer), Self-Insurer.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 19, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. T. Barnes, W. H. Beckerdite, Kannapolis, for defendant appellant.

No counsel contra.


PER CURIAM.

There is no evidence disclosed on this record to show that the work of the employee at the time he suffered the hernia was being performed in other than the usual and customary manner. Hence, the conclusion that the plaintiff suffered an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, resulting in a hernia, is not supported by the evidence.

Therefore, the judgment of the court below is reversed on authority of Hensley v....

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