MID-STATE CONSTRUCTION CO. v. MEANS

No. 5-4735.

434 S.W.2d 292 (1968)

MID-STATE CONSTRUCTION CO., Petitioner, v. Henry B. MEANS, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied December 23, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terral, Rawlings, Matthews & Purtle, Little Rock, for petitioner.

James C. Cole, Malvern, for respondent.


WARD, Justice.

The only question presented here is whether the circuit court or the Workmen's Compensation Commission has jurisdiction of a cause of action which arose out of a highway collision. The facts presently set forth are not in dispute.

On October 5, 1967 John Brooks was killed while driving a truck, loaded with asphalt, from the plant site of Mid-State Construction Co. (petitioner here) located near Malvern to a job site near Arkadelphia. The truck...

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