SPACE STEEL CORP. v. JONES, DEPENDENTS OF

No. 46468.

248 So.2d 807 (1971)

SPACE STEEL CORP. and Travelers Insurance Co. v. Willie P. JONES, Deceased, DEPENDENTS OF.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Larry Latham, L. Kenneth Krogstad, Daniel, Coker, Horton, Bell & Dukes, Jackson, for appellant.

Robert B. Hamilton, Jackson, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

This workmen's compensation case involves an employee killed by a pistol while waiting near the employer's premises for the beginning of the annual Christmas dinner, sponsored by the employer. The Workmen's Compensation Commission, upholding its attorney-referee, awarded death benefits to the dependents of the deceased, Willie P. Jones. The Circuit Court for the First Judicial District of Hinds County affirmed. The commission awarded compensation...

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