Fields v. LOWE FURNITURE CORPORATION

Me. Chiee Justice Bueuett

delivered the opinion of the Court.

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. sec. 50-1003.

The trial judge, after hearing proof pro and con, found that the employee, Fields, was entitled to compensation. This finding was not questioned except it was very ably…