Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. v. Cherry

FOSTER, Justice.

This is a proceeding under the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Code 1923, § 7534 et seq.).

The court found that on December 27, 1934, plaintiff was employed by defendant in its acid chamber, and while so engaged a pipe dropped on his foot and acid burned his foot and leg severely, but that plaintiff continued to work, and on January 3, 1935, when he had quit work for the day and was in the washroom, his foot was inflamed and swollen, and defendant’s manager, Mr. Beall, was in there, and plaintiff showed him his foot, and that the acid in the plant had gotten on his foot and it was…