Singleton v. Young Lumber Co.

Moss, Justice.

This is a proceeding for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Section 72-1 et seq., Code of 1952, instituted by Louis Singleton, respondent, against Young Lumber Company, employer, and Granite State Fire Insurance Company, carrier, appellants.

The respondent did, on August 16, 1956, while in the employ of Young Lumber Company, fall from a scaffold on a building under construction into an open septic tank, receiving a compound comminuted fracture of his right tibia and fibula at the ankle level, and other injuries. It appears that the respondent was treated by a…