Lee Ex Rel. Lee v. Chemical Constraction Co.

Was the plaintiff precluded by the Compensation Act of Tennessee from instituting and maintaining an action for damages in the courts of North Carolina?

In Johnson v. R. R., 191 N. C., 75, 131 S. E., 390, this Court held that the Compensation Act of Tennessee did not exclude a citizen .of this State from maintaining in our courts an action for damages for personal injury resulting from actionable negligence. The Court said: “To hold that a citizen of this State, under such circumstances, had no remedy, except that provided by the Tennessee Compensation Act in force in the State in which he was…