Tanner v. American Hardware Corp.

This appeal is taken from an order of the attorney-referee, the full Commission, and the circuit court, denying compensation to the appellant, S. C. Tanner, under the Miss. Workmen’s Compensation Law of 1948, as amended.

The claimant, S. C. Tanner, is approximately 65 years of age and claims to have had a fall and sustained an injury on the morning of June 26, 1957, arising out of and in the course of his employment as a night watchman at the place of business of his employer, the American Hardware Corporation, Clarksdale, Mississippi.

There were no witnesses to the accident, but the claimant…