Pruitt v. Moon

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

This appeal relates to an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission denying and dismissing the claim of appellant for compensation. Jimmie Pruitt alleged that he suffered a total loss of vision in his right eye, the result of being struck in this eye by a piece of stone in October, 1956, during the course of his employment with the Moon Monument Company. A hearing was conducted before a Referee in January, 1957, and the claim denied and dismissed. Appellant’s right eye was removed by operation in February of the same year, and a hearing on his appeal was…