Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Foote

BOULDIN, Justice.

This is- a workmen’s compensation case.

Without dispute, there was no written notice of the accidental injury for which compensation is claimed as required by Code, §§ 7568, 7569.

The one question presented is whether the employer had “actual knowledge” of the injury, within the meaning of the law.

The trial court’s finding of facts is in these words:

“Petitioner J. H. Foote, now 64 years of age, was employed by defendant on July 28, 1932, and for more than 30 years prior thereto as a carpenter and while engaged on the afternoon of July 26, 1932, repairing the floor of one of…