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WEST v. CITY OF SPARTANBURG

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236 S.C. 553 (1960)

115 S.E.2d 295

Mrs. Pearl S. WEST, Mrs. Carolyn W. Dickson, and Mrs. Hazel W. Stoddard, Appellants, v. CITY OF SPARTANBURG, and The South Carolina Workmen's Compensation Fund, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

July 5, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Yates Brown, Esq., of Spartanburg, for Appellants.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, and David Aiken, Assistant Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondents.

July 5, 1960.

LEGGE, Justice.

On October 18, 1958, while engaged in the performance of the duties of his employment as jailer at the Spartanburg city jail, Joe West suffered a coronary thrombosis, from which he died while being taken to the hospital. In this proceeding under the workmen's compensation law the hearing Commissioner awarded compensation for his death; and a majority of the Commission affirmed. Appeal from the Commission was heard before the Honorable...

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