UNITED STATES F. & G. CO. v. HIGDON

No. 40966.

235 Miss. 385 (1959)

109 So.2d 329

UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO. v. HIGDON, ADMR.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Farish, Keady & Campbell, Greenville, for appellant.

Jas. T. Bridges, Montgomery & Varnado, Belzoni, for appellee.


ARRINGTON, J.

This appeal involves the question of who is entitled to the proceeds of a settlement of a claim against a third party tort feasor under Section 30 of the Workmen's Compensation Act (Section 6998-36, Mississippi Code of 1942).

The facts, which are not in dispute, are as follows: On September 28, 1956, John Nixon, an employee of Bellewood Gin Company, Inc., was accidentally killed while in the course...

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