Mitchell v. Littlejohn Transp. Co.

The plaintiff, Huford E. Mitchell, has instituted this suit to recover compensation for total, permanent disability, alleged to have been produced by a bilateral inguinal hernia, sustained while in the course of his employment by the defendant, Littlejohn Transportation Company, Inc.

Plaintiff alleges in his petition that on September 13, 1939, pursuant to his duties as a "pickup" truck driver for the defendant, and whilst assisting in loading a large suction rubber hose into the truck, he felt sharp pains in both lower sides of his abdomen, resulting in the double hernia complained of. He…