FIELDS v. LOWE FURNITURE CORPORATION


415 S.W.2d 340 (1967)

Willie B. FIELDS v. LOWE FURNITURE CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crawford & Barnes, Cookeville, for plaintiff in error, respondent.

Snow & Poteet, Cookeville, for defendant in error, petitioner.


OPINION

BURNETT, Chief Justice.

This is a Workmen's Compensation suit filed under the statute, T.C.A. sec. 50-901 et seq. The only question presented on this appeal is whether or not an employee is entitled to compensation when he has seen the doctor selected, and to whom he was sent by his employer, within a year from the time of filing the suit, and does this toll the statute, T.C.A. § 50-1003.

The trial judge, after hearing proof pro and...

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