Industrial Service Co. v. State Ex Rel. Bryant

Hilda Bryant, aged forty-one, departed this life on August, 19th 1937, leaving surviving her a husband Frederick E. Bryant, and six children, the following of whom are infants: Ethel Mattie Bryant, Wylie Lee Bryant, Dorothy Una Bryant, and Jane Hilda Bryant. The husband and children contended that Mrs. Bryant’s death was caused by the negligence and wrongful act of the servant and agent of the Industrial Service Company, a body corporate, acting within the scope of his employment. Accordingly, under the provisions of Code Article 67, suit was instituted in the name of the State, for the use…