CITY OF BRISTOL v. REED


402 S.W.2d 124 (1966)

CITY OF BRISTOL, Tennessee, Appellant, v. John W. REED, Appellee,

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben C. Davis and Edwin L. Treadway, Kingsport, Hunter, Smith, Davis, Norris & Waddey, Kingsport, of counsel, for appellant.

David S. Haynes, Bristol, Curtin, Haynes & Winston, Bristol, of counsel, for appellee.


WHITE, Justice.

This is a workmen's compensation case brought in the Chancery Court involving unusual procedure and voluminous pleadings. The original petition was brought by the City of Bristol, employer of the appellee, John W. Reed. The petition averred, in substance, that a dispute existed between the parties involving a hernia injury which the employee claimed occurred on September 10, 1964. The petitioner neither admitted nor denied the injury, and stated that...

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