LAMB v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY

No. 49732.

96 N.W.2d 730 (1959)

Jessie L. LAMB, Widow of Virgil Lamb, Deceased, Appellee, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 9, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steward, Crouch & Kelly, Des Moines, for appellant.

Harper, Gleysteen & Nelson, Sioux City, for appellee.


THORNTON, Justice.

Award has been made under the workmen's compensation law to the widow of Virgil Lamb for compensation found to be due by reason of his death. The questions are, whether the fatal injury arose out of and in the course of the employment and whether intoxication was a proximate cause of the injury.

I. Lamb was a salesman for the Standard Oil Company, working out of the division office at Mason City. He lived in Algona with his wife, the claimant...

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