White v. Tennessee Consolidated Coal Co.

This is a compensation case in which liability is conceded. The controversy is limited to the single question as to whether the employe, White, as a result of the. injury received, is totally incapacitated to work at an occupation which will bring him an income.

There is no controversy as to the facts. The petitioner, White, is twenty-one years of age, and was strong and robust when injured. He is illiterate and capable only of manual labor. While mining coal for defendant, a large rock fell on him, crushed his hip, and injured his back. He was confined in the hospital for seventy-two days,,…