Southern Cotton Oil Division v. Childress

377 S.W.2d 167 (1964)

SOUTHERN COTTON OIL DIVISION, etc., Appellant,

v.

Minnie Lee CHILDRESS et al., Appellees.

No. 5-3162.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 6, 1964.

Hout, Thaxton & Hout, Newport, Rose, Meek, House, Barron, Nash & Williamson, Little Rock, for appellant.

Pickens, Pickens & Boyce, Newport, Smith, Williams, Friday & Bowen, Robert V. Light, Little Rock, for appellees.

McFADDIN, Justice.

This is a workmen's compensation case, and necessitates a review of the holdings on the matter of "horse-play"[1] or "skylarking."

Mrs. Minnie Lee Childress seeks recovery for herself and children because of…