HERON v. GIRDLEY


277 S.W.2d 402 (1955)

O.A. HERON, J.D. McDonough and Bituminous Casualty Corp. v. Estelle Johnson GIRDLEY.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 11, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. A. Kelly, South Pittsburg, for plaintiffs in error.

Wm. J. Turnblazer, Middlesboro, Ky., for defendants in error.


RIDLEY, Special Judge.

William Girdley was employed by the defendants, O.A. Heron and J.D. McDonough, who were d/b/a Heron & McDonough Coal Company in December, 1952. Bituminous Casualty Corporation was its compensation carrier. On May 4, 1953, William Girdley reported for work at the usual time, and approximately an hour and a half later was found dead in the room of the mine where he regularly worked under circumstances hereinafter more fully set out.

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