STROUD v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

No. 7687.

2 Utah 2d 270 (1954)

272 P.2d 187

STROUD v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of Utah.

June 25, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde, Mecham & White, Edward W. Clyde, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Clinton D. Vernon, Atty. Gen., A. Pratt Kesler, Homer Holmgren, E.R. Christensen, Salt Lake City, for defendants.


McDONOUGH, Chief Justice.

Certiorari to review a denial of compensation to a policeman's widow, whose husband was killed by the accidental discharge of his own pistol, on the ground that his death was not compensable because it did not result from an accident occurring "in the course of his employment" or "arising out of his employment."

Thomas Stroud was a sergeant with the Salt Lake City police force at the time of his death, January 5, 1951. On this date...

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