Johnson v. Lumbermen's Reciprocal Insurance Exchange

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This suit to set aside an order of the workmen’s compensation commission was brought in the Pulaski Chancery Court, where it was dismissed for want of jurisdiction. The correctness of the order of dismissal is the only issue on appeal.

Johnson’s complaint asserts that on April 2, 1966, while he was employed by J. M. Hampton & Sons Lumber Company, he suffered a back injury in the course of his employment. In November of that year Johnson and the employer’s insurance carrier, Lumbermen’s Reciprocal Insurance Exchange, filed a joint petition for final settlement, which…