Hamilton v. Johnson & Sons

This action arises ont of the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Code 1935, §1361 et seq.

On December 5, 1933, the claimant, Glenn Hamilton, while an employee of the defendants, was engaged in mixing lime. A piece of the lime lodged in his right eye causing an injury which resulted in its removal about a month later. Plaintiff sought compensation for permanent, partial disability under Code section 1396, subsection 16, which reads as follows:

“16. For the loss of an eye, weekly compensation during one hundréd weeks. ’ ’

In November, 1922, the claimant, while employed by the C. B. & Q.…