Peters v. Peters

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Neither the employer nor the insurance carrier is questioning the amount of the award, and the distribution thereof to be made among dependents of the deceased workman is the only issue on appeal.

James Oliver Peters was accidentally electrocuted on January 20, 1953, in Ness County, Kansas, while in the performance of services arising out of and in the course of his employment with R. E. Mattison & Company, whose insurance carrier was U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Company. Following his death, and within the…