Bagwell Steel Co. v. Tinker

BROWN, Justice.

The appellee M. A. Tinker filed suit March 9, 1950, to recover compensation under the provisions of the elective Workmen’s Compensation Act, Code 1940, Tit. 26, § 270, for an injury which he alleged that he received as the result of an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. The defendant (appellant here) contested his right to compensation on the ground that he did not receive the injury as the result of an accident arising in the course of his employment, but that he was injured in consequence of his own negligence or wrongful act,- — becoming intoxicated…