PATTERSON TRANSFER CO. v. LEWIS


260 S.W.2d 182 (1953)

PATTERSON TRANSFER CO. et al. v. LEWIS.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 17, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winchester & Bearman, Memphis, for appellants.

T. B. Passmore, Memphis, for appellee.


GAILOR, Justice.

This is a case arising under the Workmen's Compensation Act in which the trial court has made an award, and the defendants have appealed. The only question presented is whether death of the employee arose out of the employment under a proper construction of Code sec. 6852(d). Bernice Lewis, widow of the deceased employee, Willie Lewis, filed the petition against the employer, Patterson Transfer Company and its insurance carrier, Bituminous Casualty...

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