Transport Co. of Texas v. Arkansas Fuel Oil Co.

MoHaN m, Justice.

Alfred Powell, a resident of Nashville, Arkansas, was accidentally killed in a truck accident on February 19, 1945, His widow, Maggie Burke Powell, cross-appellant, and a minor son, Charles Powell, survive him. Tlie deceased was, at tlie time of his death and for some time prior thereto, in the employ of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hill as a truck salesman of petroleum products, they (the Hills) being retail distributors for appellee, Arkansas Fuel Oil Company, and they paid Powell $150 per month, or an average weekly wage of $34.62. The Arkansas Fuel Oil Company will be hereinafter…