Etter v. Blue Diamond Coal Co.

Mr. Chiee Justice Neil

delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.

Tbis is a suit to recover compensation under tbe Workmen’s Compensation law of Tennessee. Williams’ Code, see. 6851 et seq. Tbe injured employee, Edward Etter, sustained an injury to tbe left side of bis lower abdomen while operating an electric sander upon tbe floor of a building belonging to tbe defendant company. Tbe petition alleged that tbe accident happened on May 27, 1946, but was later amended to allege that it was on May 15, 1946, instead of tbe 27th day of May, 1946; that tbe sander was operated by an electric current which…