Pepper v. Barrett

This case is before us on appeal by H. H. Pepper and his insurance carrier from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Pearl River County affirming an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission awarding compensation to Mrs. Ed (Lizzie) Barrett for a back injury alleged to have been sustained by her while engaged in the performance of her duties as an employee of the appellant.

The record shows that the appellee, a woman about fifty years of age and the mother of two children, had been employed by the appellant as a helper in the harvesting of tung nuts in Pearl River County during the…