Anderson v. Volz Const. Co.

In the Probate Court of Shelby County, under provisions of the Tennessee Workmen’s Compensation Act, Code 1932, Sec. 6851 et seq., Mary Anderson, as widow of Allen Dan Anderson, filed claim for his death agair^t the defendant Volz Construction Company and its insurer, The American Mutual Liability Insurance Company.

On July 26, 1943, Dan Anderson was employed by the Volz Construction Company as a common laborer, digging manholes on construction work near the Millington Air Base in Shelby County. It was a hot summer day but «there was nothing abnormal about the heat which was between 90 and 100…