Southern Cement Co. v. Walthall

The contentions of appellant — defendant below — are (1) that the evidence shows that the deceased workman died of paralysis, the result of apoplexy, and that his «death did not result from “an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment”; (2) that, in any case, under section 7561 of the Code, defendant is liable only for the disability that would have resulted from the accident, had the workman’s earlier infirmity — arteriosclerosis —not existed; (3) that, under the last clause of section 7550 of the Code, defendant was entitled to a credit of $1,310.40, on account of regular…