Maryland Casualty Co. v. Ladd

*660The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

A question of subrogation is involved in this controversy. M. R. Amerman was engaged in constructing and repairing certain streets of the city of Eureka, and was operating under the workmen’s compensation law. Ole Branson was employed by him and was at work on the streets on September 9, 1922, and while at work he was struck by an automobile alleged to have been negligently operated by Claude Ladd, and was so severely injured that he was wholly incapacitated to perform any labor and died about four months later as the result of his…