OATIS' EST. v. WMSN. & WMSN. LBR. CO.

No. 40398.

230 Miss. 270 (1957)

92 So.2d 557

OATIS' ESTATE v. WILLIAMSON & WILLIAMSON LUMBER CO.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 18, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hammond & Pope, Columbia, for appellant.

M.M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, for appellee.


ARRINGTON, J.

Tommy Oatis, deceased, died from injuries received as a result of a tree falling on him while working for Alton and Jimmy Williamson. The dependents of deceased filed their claim for death benefits under the Mississippi Workmen's Compensation Act against the Williamson Lumber Company, a partnership composed of L.C. Williamson and James Oliver Williamson, and T.H. Mastin & Company, its insurance carrier. The attorney-referee denied the claim, which...

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