Hamlin & Allman Iron Works v. Jones

Mr. Justice- Swepston

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the court found in favor of the petitioner, and the employer has appealed. The only question is whether or not there is any material evidence to support the judgment of the trial court.

The employee was a welder and on June 13, 1955, he sustained a compensable injury arising out of and in the course of his employment, said injury being caused by his effort to support one end of a compressor machine weighing about 250 pounds, the weight of which had acci- dently been shifted onto him alone.…