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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