INDEX DRILLING CO., INC. v. WILLIAMS

No. 42142.

242 Miss. 775 (1962)

137 So.2d 525

INDEX DRILLING COMPANY, INC. v. WILLIAMS

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beard, Pack, Ratcliff & Dillard, Laurel, for appellant.

F.B. Collins, Paul G. Swartzfager, Laurel, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

Appellee, Charles Oree Williams, Jr., filed this suit in the Circuit Court, Second District of Jones County, Mississippi, against appellant, Index Drilling Co., Inc., for personal injuries. He recovered a verdict and judgment for $63,500. The principal questions involved are (1) interpretation of the third-party tort-feasor provisions of the Mississippi Workmen's Compensation Act, where the employee, after receiving...

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