Butler v. Johnson

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Petitioner, Kermit Butler, filed an original petition in the Chancery-Court for workmen’s compensation benefits against defendants, Carroll Johnson, John Franklin and Billy Franklin, individually and- as partners under the name of-Planters Tobacco Warehouse at Gallatin, Tennessee; and American Casualty Corporation, the insurance carrier.

The matter was heard on the deposition of Dr. G. William Davis, oral testimony, and a stipulation that in the event petitioner was found to be an employee of defendants his wages would have been $1.25 per hour.

The…