DUKES v. EASTERN TAR PROD. CORP.

[No. 138, October Term, 1950.]

197 Md. 564 (1951)

80 A.2d 39

DUKES ET AL v. EASTERN TAR PRODUCTS CORPORATION ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 13, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter V. Harrison and Amos I. Meyers for appellants.

George W. Baker, Jr., with whom were John G. Rouse, Jr., and Rouse & Morton on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before MARBURY, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, GRASON, HENDERSON and MARKELL, JJ.


HENDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Rubin Dukes met his death on June 28, 1945 by accidental means arising out of and in the course of his employment by the Eastern Tar Products Company. Hattie Camp Dukes, claiming to be his widow, filed a claim with the State Industrial Accident Commission on behalf of herself and three minor children. On June 20, 1946 the claim was disallowed, on the ground "that Hattie Dukes...

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