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BROOKS v. GILMAN PAINT COMPANY

347 S.W.2d 665 (1961)

Annie Lee BROOKS, Plaintiff in Error, v. GILMAN PAINT COMPANY, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 26, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cunningham, Crutchfield & Summitt, Chattanooga, for plaintiff in error.

Chambliss, Chambliss & Hodge, Chattanooga, for defendant in error.

SWEPSTON, Justice.

This is a workmen's compensation suit and the applicable section is T.C.A. sec. 50-1101. Al Davis Brooks died in December, 1959, about one month after he began to have trouble from coughing and wheezing on account of exposure to dust but his death was not due to the exposure to dust but was due to cancer which was aggravated by the exposure to dust. The trial judge dismissed the petition and the widow has appealed and assigned error.

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