Inter-Mountain Coal & Lumber Co. v. Harris

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

Tbe appellee and defendant below, Elijah Harris, was an employee of the appellant and plaintiff below, Inter-Mountain Coal & Lumber Company, a corporation, and both of them had accepted the provisions of our statute commonly known as the Workmen’s Compensation Act. In the course of his employment one of defendant’s hands was wounded by the infliction of a gash in the flesh between the thumb and forefinger. Through an understanding between him and plaintiff, he was paid during the treatment of his wound a total sum of about $125, and he later made…