Herndon v. Slayton

MAYFIELD, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the trial Court’s judgment awarding compensation to Ruth H. Slayton, the wife of the defendant’s deceased employee, Milton L. Slayton. The application for certiorari was filed on behalf of the defendant, Fred Herndon, in whose employment Milton L. Slayton was working at the time he met his death by accident.

The sole issue here involved is whether or not the plaintiff’s rights and the defendant’s liabilities were governed by the Workmen’s Compensation Act at the time this cause of action arose.

A short résumé of the salient facts surrounding the…