Catlett v. State

(337 S.W.2d 462)

On the whole, I agree with the opinion prepared for the Court by Mr. Justice BurNett, but I would like to make the following comments.

With reference to Sec. 5 of the Act, which he holds to be violative of Art. I, Sec. 17 of our State Constitution, I call attention to Scott v. Nashville Bridge Company, 1919, 143 Tenn. 86, 223 S.W. 844. In upholding the constitutionality of our Workmen’s Compensation statute it is said that this provision is a mandate to the judiciary and is not intended as a limitation on the legislative branch of the government.

A similar provision appears in…