Edwards v. Piedmont Publishing Co.

I concur in tbe result reached in this case, but dissent from tbe principle on which it is based. The effect of tbe decision is to adopt tbe minority view that confines compensation • to injuries wholly external, — that is, injuries caused by external force, accidentally applied, — and does not regard tbe unexpected breaking or giving way of tbe body tissues under tbe strain or load of tbe usual employment as “injury by accident” witbin the meaning of Section 97-2f of tbe Workmen’s Compensation Act, G. S., Chapter 97. Tbe proper definition of this term has an important bearing on tbe coverage…