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BURTON v. BORDEN FOODS COMPANY

494 S.W.2d 775 (1972)

Carl BURTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BORDEN FOODS COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 5, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woolard & Bishop, Lebanon, Solon Fitzpatrick, Carthage, for plaintiff-appellant.

Don R. Binkley, Gracey, Buck, Maddin & Cowan, Nashville, for defendant-appellee.

OPINION

HUMPHREYS, Justice.

This is a Workmen's Compensation suit in which the sole question is whether the venue is in Smith County, Tennessee.

Burton brought suit in Smith County, on November 19, 1970, alleging that he had sustained an injury compensable under the Workmen's Compensation Law, while an employee of Borden Foods at its Smith County plant. Borden having closed its plant in Smith County, and there being no agent or officer in the county...

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