SOUTHEASTERN CONSTR. CO. v. DODSON

No. 42670.

247 Miss. 1 (1963)

153 So.2d 276

SOUTHEASTERN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, et al. v. DEPENDENT OF DODSON

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 20, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bob Ray, Jackson, for appellant.

J.A. Travis, Jr., Jackson, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

This case involves the extent of an administrative agency's discretion in determining the apportionment of compensation death benefits, between that due to the injury and that due to a preexisting symptomatic coronary artery disease; the constitutional validity of the statute; and the proper formula for apportionment. The claim for workmen's compensation was filed by appellee, the widow of S.W. Dodson. Dodson...

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