NEW STATE ICE COMPANY v. MORRIS

No. 35887.

285 P.2d 855 (1955)

NEW STATE ICE COMPANY and New Amsterdam Casualty Company, Petitioners, v. Clara B. MORRIS and the State Industrial Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 5, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cheek, Cheek & Cheek, Oklahoma City, for petitioners.

Fred M. Mock, Oklahoma City, Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., for respondents.


CORN, Justice.

Clara B. Morris, as administratrix of the estate of Herbert I. Morris, obtained an award of $13,500 under the Death Benefits Provision of the Workmen's Compensation Law, 85 O.S. 1951 § 1, et seq., and this proceeding was brought by the employer and its insurance carrier to review the award.

The sole question involved is the right of the insurance company to be subrogated to the action against a third-party tort-feasor. During the pendency...

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