Prentiss Truck & Tractor Co. v. Spencer

This case is before us on appeal by Prentiss Truck and Tractor Company and its insurance carrier from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Prentiss County affirming an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission awarding death benefits to the surviving widow and minor child of Joseph L. Spencer, deceased, whose death resulted from a rifle shot wound inflicted by himself on April 12, 1953.

The record shows that the decedent was injured on March 6, 1951, while engaged in the performance of his duties as an employee of Prentiss Truck and Tractor Company at Booneville, Mississippi. The decedent…