Hovey v. General Construction Co.

On November 15, 1922, plaintiff Hovey sustained an accidental injury while in the employ of defendant General Construction Company. The injury was caused by the breaking of a plank upon which he was standing and his falling between seven and eight feet “down through a cellar-way,” while working at his trade as a carpenter. The immediately perceptible injuries which disqualified him from labor at that time are stated by the physician who then attended him as, “injury to side and back,” 'for which he treated him until February 20, 1923. An agreement for compensation was entered into between…