Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Potts

This is a suit brought under the Workmen’s Compensation Law of Tennessee, Code, section 6851, et seq. The petitioners are the widow and children of O. B. Potts, deceased, who at the time of his death, and for a considerable period of time prior thereto, was employed by plaintiff in error as fireman on a switch engine operating* in and around Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee. It is averred in the petition that on November 7, 1940, while so employed, and while engaged in intrastate commerce, that deceased, in the course of his employment received serious injuries as the result of an accident,…