Wilson v. City of Chattanooga

The question here is whether the plaintiff Wilson, having accepted a number of payments under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, can maintain this suit against the third party tort-feasor.

In his declaration plaintiff alleged that on September 7, 1941, while engaged in painting a smokestack for the defendant Andrews, as an employee of one Patterson, an independent contractor, lie came in contact with some high, tension wires leading* into the Andrews plant which had been erected by both defendants in too close proximity of the smokestack in violation of the Building* Code of the City of…