Adams v. Patterson

This is a Workmen’s Compensation Case appealed by employee Adams. The sole question is whether payments made by employer Patterson were payments of compensation within the meaning of Code Section 50-1003, T. C. A., so as to extend the time for filing a claim for compensation. That code section is:

“The right to compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Law shall be forever barred, unless within one (1) year after the accident resulting in injury or death occurred the notice required by § 50-1002 is given the employer and a claim for compensation under the provisions of this law is filed…