Strickland v. Walker-Johnson Lumber Co.

DREW, Judge.

This is a suit 'Under the- Compensation Act (No. 20 of 1914), wherein plaintiff is claiming 400 weeks’ compensation for a hernia he sustained while employed by the defendant, and when he was acting within the course and scope of his employment.

There is no denial that plaintiff has a hernia now. We suppose the defense is that it was a congenital one, or that he had the hernia before he started to work for defendant. We say suppose for the reason that counsel for defendant has not filed a brief in this, court and, of course, did not argue the case. We gather this from the answer.

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