Johnson v. Southern Industries Co.

TATE, Judge.

This is a suit for compensation by Murry Johnson against his former employer, Southern Industries Company, a partnership. From judgment in favor of the defendant dismissing the plaintiff’s suit on the ground that he did not prove that an accident had occurred in the course of his employment, plaintiff has prosecuted this appeal.

Plaintiff alleged that on or about August 13, 1953, while attempting at work to lift a heavy bundle of papers, he fell and struck his back and other parts of his body against a machine. As a result of an injury sustained in this accident, plaintiff claims…