Matthews v. Hardaway Contracting Co.

The plaintiff in error Matthews filed his petition in the Circuit Court of Davidson County against the Hard-away Contracting Company, Foster & Creighton Company, Hardaway-Creighton Company, and the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, to recover compensation under the Tennessee Workmen’s Compensation Act. Code 1932, sec. 6851 et seq. The plaintiff was employed as a saw filer on October 1, 1940, by defendants, who were eng’aged in constructing an army camp at Camp Forrest, near Tullahoma, Tennessee. He worked for them from that date until February 19, 1941, when be suffered an injury which…