Lowe v. Arkansas L.M. Ry. Co.

Plaintiff sues to recover workmen's compensation for alleged permanent total disability resulting from injuries sustained in an accident occurring on September 17, 1938, while in the discharge of the duties of his employment with defendant, whose business is hazardous. Coupled with this demand, in the alternative, there is another for a large money judgment based upon tort theory. However, it is now conceded that if plaintiff is entitled to recover at all his right to do so is governed by the Employers' Liability Act of this state. Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended.

Plaintiff alleged that as a…