# Scott v. Nashville Bridge Co.

> Tennessee Supreme Court · December 15, 1919 · 143 Tenn. 86

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8301962

## Case

- **Full name:** A. J. Scott v. Nashville Bridge Company
- **Court:** Tennessee Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 15, 1919
- **Citations:** 143 Tenn. 86
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Bachman
- **Judges:** Bachman, Hall
- **Cited by:** 50 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8301962

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- observing that the purpose of workers’ compensation law- is “to secure to injured employees reasonable compensation so as to prevent them from becoming public ■ charges”
- observing that the purpose of workers’ compensation law is “to secure to injured employ[ee]s reasonable compensation, so as to prevent them from becoming public charges”

## Opinion text

Justice Bachman
dissents. He is of the opinion that the act, exempting as it does coal mine operators and their employees from its operation, is arbitrary, discriminatory, and unreasonable because of this classification.

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