Holt v. Cannon Mills Co.

Pee Curiam.

There is no evidence disclosed on this record to show that the work of the employee at the time he suffered the hernia was being performed in other than the usual and customary manner. Hence, the conclusion that the plaintiff suffered an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, resulting in a hernia, is not supported by the evidence.

Therefore, the judgment of the court below is reversed on authority of Hensley v. Cooperative, 246 N.C. 274, 98 S.E. 2d 289. and similar decisions of this Court.

As pointed out in the cited case, the interpretation so…