Bell v. Merchants Cotton Oil Co.

Plaintiff sues for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Act 20 of 1914, section 8, as amended by Act 216 of 1924).

The sole injury is the loss of one phalanx of the third finger of plaintiff’s right hand, It is conceded that the injury did not disable plaintiff even partially.

The District Judge allowed compensation at $3 a week for 100 weeks under clause (e) of subsection 1 of section 8 which reads as follows:

“In cases not falling within any of the provisions already made where the employee is seriously permanently disfigured about the face or head, or where the usefulness of a…