TULSA FROZEN FOODS COMPANY v. PENDERGRAFT

No. 37737.

317 P.2d 1115 (1957)

TULSA FROZEN FOODS COMPANY and Iowa Mutual Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. Melba PENDERGRAFT, In the Matter of the Death of Eules Herbert Pendergraft and the State Industrial Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

November 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Covington, Donovan & Gibbon, Tulsa, for petitioners.

Allen & Allen, Tulsa, Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., for respondents.


JACKSON, Justice.

Melba Pendergraft, widow of Eules Herbert Pendergraft, obtained an award under the death benefit provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act. This proceeding is brought by Tulsa Frozen Foods Company and its insurance carrier to review the award. Petitioners present two propositions paraphrased as follows:

(1) Claimant failed to prove an accidental personal injury resulting in death.

(2) Even if an accidental personal injury was proven...

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