WEATHERBEE ELECTRIC COMPANY v. DUKE

No. 36926.

294 P.2d 298 (1955)

WEATHERBEE ELECTRIC COMPANY and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Petitioners, v. Vallie P. DUKE, Administratrix of the Estate of Harvey William Duke (also known as Harvey W. Duke), and Vallie P. Duke, Individually, and State Industrial Commission of the State of Oklahoma, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1956.

Application for Leave to File Second Petition for Rehearing Denied March 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fenton & Fenton, H.R. Palmer, Oklahoma City, for petitioner.

Erman S. Price, Oklahoma City, Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., for respondents.


BLACKBIRD, Justice.

On June 4, 1954, Harvey William Duke, while in the employ of Weatherbee Electric Company, sustained an accidental injury resulting in his death. The accident occurred when a pickup truck which he was driving on his way to work collided with a train at a railroad crossing on a highway east of Oklahoma City, in Oklahoma County.

Thereafter Vallie P. Duke, surviving widow of deceased, was duly appointed...

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