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SOUTHERN COTTON OIL DIVISION v. CHILDRESS

No. 5-3162.

377 S.W.2d 167 (1964)

SOUTHERN COTTON OIL DIVISION, etc., Appellant, v. Minnie Lee CHILDRESS et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 6, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hout, Thaxton & Hout, Newport, Rose, Meek, House, Barron, Nash & Williamson, Little Rock, for appellant.

Pickens, Pickens & Boyce, Newport, Smith, Williams, Friday & Bowen, Robert V. Light, Little Rock, for appellees.

McFADDIN, Justice.

This is a workmen's compensation case, and necessitates a review of the holdings on the matter of "horse-play"1 or "skylarking."

Mrs. Minnie Lee Childress seeks recovery for herself and children because of the death of her husband, George Childress, while in the employ of the appellant, Southern Cotton Oil.2 The facts are without substantial dispute. For many years the appellant,...

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