Craig v. Marquette Cement Mfg. Co.

This suit was instituted in the Chancery Court of Davidson County, under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, Code, Section 6851 et seq., by petitioner, William Henry Craig, against his employer, Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company, seeking’ to recover benefits for the loss of his left eye. The Special Chancellor dismissed petitioner’s suit on the ground that the loss of his left eye was the result of a disease and not an accident.

It is stated in the petition that on and prior to August 20, 1948, petitioner “was employed as a laborer on the hammer-mill floor running a…