GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE & LIFE ASSUR. CORP. v. KIRKLAND


338 S.W.2d 549 (1960)

GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE & LIFE ASSURANCE CORP. Ltd. Appellant, v. Benjamin F. KIRKLAND, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

September 9, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur W. Piper, Fowler, Rowntree & Fowler, Knoxville, for appellant.

Cheen, Taylor & Groover, Knoxville, for appellee.


SWEPSTON, Justice.

This suit originated as a petition by Benjamin F. Kirkland, an employee of H.K. Ferguson Company, to recover workmen's compensation. The plea in abatement of the employer and the insurance carrier to the service of process was overruled and the case was heard on the merits and a judgment entered in behalf of the petitioner-employee.

The first matter to be considered is the 4th assignment of error complaining of the action of the trial judge...

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