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ADAMS v. AMERICAN ZINC COMPANY

326 S.W.2d 425 (1959)

G. W. ADAMS v. AMERICAN ZINC COMPANY of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 5, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl E. Reischling, Knoxville, for plaintiff in error.

Arthur G. Seymour, Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, Knoxville, for defendant in error.

TOMLINSON, Justice.

During Adams' years of employment by American Zinc Company, he developed silicosis, an occupational disease. § 50-1101, T.C.A. His affliction arose out of, and because of, the performance of his duties as such employee. Within some 6 weeks after resigning, he instituted this suit or the compensation provided by the statute. The Circuit Judge sustained the employer's plea that the suit was barred

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