Spillers v. Jonesboro Gin Co.

HAMITER, Judge.

Plaintiff was operating a cotton gin press-on August 26, 1937, for and in the employ of the Jonesboro- Gin Company, Inc., and experienced a crushing of the tips of some of the fingers on his left hand. He-was known as a press helper, and for the-services rendered a wage of $3 per day was-paid to him.

The physician to whom he was sent found it necessary to and did amputate the distal phalanges of the ring, middle and index fingers of that hand. Medical treatment followed, and on October 29, 1937, he was discharged as being completely cured and able to work.

On November 4, 1937, he…