Allford v. Murray

BLACKBIRD, Justice.

In the proceedings herein reviewed, this State’s Industrial Court upheld a claim for death benefits Mary E. Murray, widow of Ray Thomas Murray, filed as claimant, alleging that her said deceased husband died by drowning on Lake Eufaula, August 1, 1965, while employed as a mechanic by Antney Allford, d/b/a Allford’s Main Street Station of McAlester, Oklahoma. We will hereafter refer to her as “claimant”, and to said employer and his insurance carrier, the Western Casualty & Surety Company, collectively, as “petitioner.”

The principal issue before the Industrial Court, as…