Ft. Smith Couch & Bedding Co. v. Jones

J. Seaborn Holt, Associate Justice.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case. Appellee, Mrs. William Adolph Jones, sought compensation for an alleged accidental injury to her husband on November 19, 1957, which she claimed occurred in Colorado Springs, Colorado, while he was in the employment of appellant, Fort Smith Couch and Bedding Company, and handling and unloading furniture for appellant. She further alleged that while so performing his work he “bumped his side or stomach,” causing an aggravation to a pre-existingdisease, a gangrenous appendix, which caused said appendix to rupture and…