Lawson v. Suwannee Fruit & Steamship Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
McCORD, Circuit Judge.
John Davis, through causes unconnected with industry and not attributable to injury by accident, lost the sight in his right eye to such an extent that he became industrially blind in that eye. Later, while in the employ of Suwannee Fruit and Steamship Company, and through accident sustained in the course of his employment, he lost the sight in his left eye to the extent that he also became industrially blind in that eye Davis is now permanently and totally disabled, as a result of permanent industria1 blindness in both eyes.
The sole question with which wc are concerned…
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