COVELL v. BURGESS

No. B-254.

115 So.2d 177 (1959)

A.B. COVELL, dba Covell Construction Company, Petitioner, v. Mrs. Doris BURGESS, widow, and Willie Franklin Burgess, Ronnie Rogers Burgess and Robert Wayne Burgess, minor children, and Florida Industrial Commission, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Campbell & Andrews, DeFuniak Springs, for petitioner.

Amos Hudson, Chipley, Burnis T. Coleman and Paul E. Speh, Tallahassee, for respondents.


WIGGINTON, Chief Judge.

The employer petitions for review by certiorari of an order entered by the Florida Industrial Commission, which affirmed the compensation order of its deputy. It is contended by petitioner that the deputy's order is not sustained by substantial, competent evidence, and should therefore be quashed.

The employee, Frank Burgess, now deceased, a thirty-nine year old male, was working for Covell Construction Company on August 4, 1958. On...

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