Lawson v. Travelers Insurance

Bíoodworth:, J.

While serving a twelve-months sentence on the chain-gang in Muscogee county as a misdemeanor convict, the plaintiff in error was accidentally injured by cutting his foot with an axe. He was confined to his bed as a result of the injury, and received hospital services and medical treatment at the expense of the county. After completing his sentence he filed a claim with the industrial commission of Georgia, in which he contended that he was partially, though permanently, disabled, and asked for damages. The case was heard by Hon. T. E. Whitaker, one of the members of the…