Willard v. Commissioners of Public Works

Eishburne, Justice.

This is a proceeding under the Workmen’s Compensation Act by Mrs. Emma Dotterer Schirmer Willard, opposed by the Commissioners of Public Works of the City of Spartanburg, employer, and State Workmen’s Compensation Eund, as carrier, to recover compensation for the death of her husband, W. G. Willard.

The Commissioners of Public Works administer and operate both the Spartanburg Water Works which supplies water to the City of Spartanburg, and the Spartanburg Metropolitan District, which collects, treats and disposes of the City’s sewerage. W. G. Willard had been engineer in…