Wright v. Armstrong

Mr. Special Justice J. Roy Hickerson

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Melvina Armstrong was awarded compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Tennessee, Code 1932, sec. 6851 et seq., against W. F. Wright, J. H. Lopez and Standard Accident Insurance Company by the Chancery Court of Shelby County as the dependent widow of Arthur Armstrong, who was killed in March, 1941, while working for appellants, W. F. Wright and J. H. Lopez. The compensation awarded was decreed to be for the joint use and benefit of Melvina Armstrong and her infant child, Eichard Armstrong.

W. F. Wright, J. H.…