Mason v. Southern Kraft Corporation

Plaintiff sustained an injury on October 2, 1940, while performing the duties of a contract of hiring with defendant, and sues to recover workmen's compensation at the rate of $12.83 per week for 400 weeks, less $148.48 paid, on the theory that his disability is total and permanent. Specifically, he alleges that on said date he stooped down and lifted a roll of paper weighing about 100 pounds, and "that the lifting of the roll of paper and twisting of his body produced an unusual and unexpected strain and caused him to sustain an inguinal hernia on both the right and left sides of his body."…