Jones v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York

GLADNEY, Judge.

Plaintiff, R. L. Jones, Jr., -brought this action .for benefits alleged to arise under the Workmen’s Compensation Act against William T. Berry and Mercer Scott, doing business in the name of Scott Motor Company, and their compensation insurer, the Fidelity and Casualty Company. His demands were rejected by the trial court and it is from this judgment that he appeals.

■Appellant was injured on October 14, 1949, when, while employed as a journeyman carpenter he fell through a hole in the roof of a building, falling a distance of fifteen feet (15') upon a concrete floor. It is…