EARNEST v. INTERSTATE INS. CO.

No. 41423.

238 Miss. 648 (1960)

119 So.2d 782

EARNEST v. INTERSTATE LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 25, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burgin & Gholson, Columbus, for appellant.

Young, Daniel & Coker, Jackson, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

In this workmen's compensation claim, appellant Nathan V. Earnest, an insurance salesman, lost his foot as the result of a gunshot wound from his own gun. He argues that the injury was work connected, since he was at the rural home of a prospective customer when the accident occurred. The attorney-referee awarded compensation, but the Commission denied it, and its order was affirmed by the circuit court. Under the imported danger doctrine, we think the...

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