Carter v. Wrecking Corp. of America

This case is before us on appeal by William M. Carter, claimant, from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Forrest County, affirming an order of the Mississippi Workmen’s Compensation Commission, dismissing for want of jurisdiction the appellant’s claim against the Wrecking Corporation of America for compensation under the Mississippi Workmen’s Compensation Act.

The record shows that the appellant sustained an accidental injury on September 13, 1949, while performing services in remodeling prefabricated houses for the Wrecking Corporation of America, his employer, when a gable fell striking the…