SHUBERT v. STEELMAN


377 S.W.2d 940 (1964)

Robert SHUBERT et al. v. Essie STEELMAN.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 8, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude Callicott, Nashville, for defendants-plaintiffs in error.

Walter M. Haynes, Pat B. Lynch, Winchester, for petitioner-appellee.


FELTS, Justice.

This is a workmen's compensation case. The employers were engaged in the business of cutting timber and hauling sawlogs. One of their employees, Buford Steelman, was killed when a tree cut by another employee fell upon him. This suit was brought by his widow against the employers and their insurer to recover, on behalf of herself and their four children under 16 years of age, compensation and burial expenses under the Act.

Defendants admitted...

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