Bohannon v. Putnam County

By the petition filed herein the plaintiff seeks a recovery under the Workmen’s Compensation Act for an injury received while in the employ of the defendant.

A demurrer to the petition was filed and sustained upon the ground that the petition does not allege that the County had elected to operate under the Workmen’s Compensation Act.

Subsection (e) of section 6 of chapter 123 of the Acts of 1919 is in this language:

“Be it further enacted, That this Act shall not apply to:

“(e) To the State of Tennessee, counties thereof and municipal corporations; Provided, however, that the State, any county or…