POTTS v. HEIL-QUAKER CORPORATION


482 S.W.2d 135 (1972)

James Vernon POTTS, Appellant, v. HEIL-QUAKER CORPORATION and Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelby L. Haywood, Haywood & Whitaker, Lewisburg, for appellant.

George B. McGugin, Watkins, McGugin, Finch & McNeilly, Nashville, for appellees.


OPINION

DYER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal in a workmen's compensation case by James Vernon Potts (employee) from the holding of the chancellor that the injury received by the employee did not arise out of or in the course of his employment. The issue here is whether the injury was "in the course of employment" or more specifically, whether the "place" of the injury was "in the course of employment."

The facts on the determinative issue are as...

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