Harris v. Diamond Construction Co.

On February 14, 1945, Sam F. Harris, a colored youth, eighteen years old, while employed as a helper at West Point, Virginia, by the Diamond Construction Company, was killed. The decedent’s parents, Lee Harris and lAfildred Harris, executed a writing employing Douglas S. Mitchell, á local attorney, as their counsel to- prosecute “their claim as dependents” against the decedent’s employer. A claim for compensation was promptly filed with the Industrial Commission, and in due time the matter came on to be heard before Deputy Commissioner Robinson. According to the record neither claimant…