SOUTHLAND CORPORATION v. HESTER

No. 5-6153.

490 S.W.2d 132 (1973)

SOUTHLAND CORPORATION and Travelers Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Gerta L. HESTER et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 12, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terral, Rawlings, Matthews, by Paul C. Rawlings, Little Rock, for appellants.

Raff, Asher & Galloway, by Gerald E. Asher, Helena, for appellees.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is a claim for death benefits under the workmen's compensation law. The pivotal question is whether the employee's death, assuming it to have been accidental rather than self-inflicted, arose "out of" his employment. The commission's two-to-one decision allowing the claim was affirmed by the circuit court.

The facts, stated most favorably to the appellees, are these: Buford Hester, the decedent, was employed by Southland Corporation...

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