Greeneville Cabinet Co. v. Ramsey

On Petition eor Rehearing.

Petition to rehear has been filed in which it is insisted that by affirming an award for compensation in this case, we have ignored or overruled a long line of Tennessee cases from Russell v. Big Mountain Collieries, 156 Tenn. 193, 299 S. W. 798, to Crane Enamel Co. v. Jamison, 188 Tenn. 211, 217 S. W. (2d) 945.

There is no merit in this proposition.

“The test is whether or not there has been a decrease in petitioner’s capacity to earn wages in any line of work available to the petitioner * * *." (Our emphasis.) Standard Surety & Casualty Co. v. Sloan, 180 Tenn. 220,…