Hearn v. United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co.

TMs is an action under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Code 1923, §§ 7534-7597), instituted by the wife against the employer, the United States Cast Iron & Foundry Company, for compensation to herself and six dependent minor children, on account of the death of the plaintiff’s husband, Hddie Hearn, which, as the complaint avers, was caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. These averments are specifically, denied by the verified answer of the defendant.

The question of controversy on the trial, as appears from the record, certified in response to the writ of…