FEDERAL COMPRESS AND WHSE. CO. v. CLARK

No. 42676.

246 Miss. 868 (1963)

152 So.2d 921

FEDERAL COMPRESS AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY v. DEPENDENT OF CLARK

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 13, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholson & Moore, Memphis, Tenn.; Frank A. Riley, Tupelo, for appellant.

Roy O. Parker, Billy W. Shelton, Tupelo, for appellees.


LEE, P.J.

This is a case under the Workmen's Compensation Statute. Morphis Clark, fifty-eight years of age, earning $40 per week, and several other employees, on August 29, 1960, were underneath the warehouse of Federal Compress and Warehouse Company of Tupelo, Mississippi, engaged in leveling the building. The floor was not high enough for them to stand. Instead, they had to work on their knees. While so engaged, some of...

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