UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO. v. TOWNSEND


335 S.W.2d 830 (1960)

UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY v. Mrs. Jewell TOWNSEND.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 4, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. H. Spragins, Spragins, Menzies & Spragins, Jackson, for plaintiff in error.

Martin & Morrison, Jackson, for defendant in error.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, which is the insurance carrier of Mrs. Townsend's employer, Saint Mary's Hospital at Humboldt, appeals from the finding and resulting judgment of the Circuit Judge that Mrs. Townsend is entitled to an award under the Workmen's Compensation Act for a 75% permanent disability to her body as a whole because the injury which she received has incapacitated her permanently "from following her usual vocation...

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