BROOKS-SCANLON v. LEE


44 So.2d 650 (1950)

BROOKS-SCANLON, Inc. et al. v. LEE et al.

Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division B.

February 21, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keen, O'Kelley & Spitz and A. Frank O'Kelley, Tallahassee, for appellants.

T.T. Turnbull and William A. O'Bryan, Tallahassee, for appellees.


ADAMS, Chief Justice.

The only question here is whether appellee's deceased husband sustained an injury by "accident" within the meaning of our Workmen's Compensation Act.

All inferior tribunals found in the affirmative although the circuit court plainly indicated that the injury preceded any possible accident, if there was any accident. In City of Tallahassee v. Roberts, 155 Fla. 815, 21 So.2d 712, and cases cited there, we construed the statute (Sec. 440...

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