Broughton v. South Carolina Game & Fish Department

Fishburnb, Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the circuit court affirming an award of the South Carolina Industrial Commission in favor of the respondent, Mrs. Lila W. Broughton.

The claimant, who is the widow and dependent of Perry A. Broughton, filed her claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Code 1942, § 7035-1 et seq., in which it was alleged that her husband, a game warden of Sumter County, was drowned while in the discharge of his duty and that his death arose out of and in the course of his employment.

It is conceded that the death of Broughton was accidental. The sole question…