Imperial Shirt Corporation v. Jenkins

This is a Workmen’s Compensation suit wherein the only question involved is whether or not the one year statute of limitations, T.C.A. sec. 50t1003 and sec. 50-1017, is applicable. The trial judge held that the action was not barred by the statute. We thus have the appeal of the employer. The question has been ably briefed and argued, and, after considering all the cases cited and making an independent investigation of the matter, we are now in a position to decide the case.

The accident to the employee happened on December 20, 1961, and the action herein was commenced by the filing of a…