Carlton v. . Bernhardt-Seagle Co.

The single question presented by this appeal is whether there was competent evidence to sustain the award.

If the findings of fact of the Industrial Commission are supported by competent evidence,- they are conclusive upon appeal. Southern v. Cotton Mills, 200 N. C., 165.

The defendants, however, contend that tbe evidence offered was incompetent, and therefore insufficient to support the award. In Brown v. Ice Co., 203 N. C., 97, Brogden, J., speaking for the Court, used this language: “Obviously, if all the testimony offered by a claimant, tending to show an injury sustained in the course of…