Merchants Co. v. Moore

BRADY, Justice:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Warren County, Mississippi, reversing a unanimous judgment of the Mississippi Workmen’s Compensation Commission which affirmed a judgment of the attorney referee denying appellee benefits of the Mississippi Workmen’s Compensation Act.

The attorney referee found that appellee had sustained a lumbar sacral sprain on June 26, 1964, while lifting and stacking hundred pound sacks of feed for appellant, The Merchants Company. Appellee received treatment from numerous physicians and reached maximum medical recovery on November…