MURPHY v. JAC-SEE PACKING COMPANY

No. 44783.

208 So.2d 773 (1968)

Mrs. Myrtis H. MURPHY (Dependents of Dana K. Murphy, Deceased) v. JAC-SEE PACKING COMPANY and Maryland Casualty Company.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 1, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cumbest, Cumbest, O'Barr & Shaddock, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Morse & Morse, Gulfport, for appellee.


JONES, Justice:

Dana K. Murphy was killed in an automobile accident in the early evening of January 29, 1966. He was an employee of appellee, and on June 30, 1966, the appellants, the widow and dependent children of the deceased, filed claim for benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Law. The claim was controverted July 11, 1966.

Appellee asserted that, at the time of the accident, (1) the decedent was on a mission on his own behalf; (2) his death did not...

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