Jones v. Anderson Cotton Mills

Mr. Associate; Justice Taytor

delivered the unanimous Opinion of the Court:

This case comes by way of appeal from Anderson County upon the following statement of facts:

On August 25, 1937, R. L. Jones was, and had been for several years, employed by Anderson Cotton Mills at Anderson, South Carolina, and on that date he sustained a hernia which was compensable under the South Carolina Workmen’s Compensation Act. Liability was accepted by the employer and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, the insurance carrier. On October 15, 1937, Jones was operated on and was treated by physicians from that…