Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Black

Henry A. Black sustained a fatal accident, which arose out of and in the course of his employment on July 21, 1943, in Towns County, Georgia. On August 6, 1943, his. widow, Mrs. Willie Barden Black, W. F. McElreath Beverage Company, his employer, and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, the insurance carrier, entered into an agreement whereby the employer and insurance carrier were to pay to the claimant widow $12.75 weekly compensation for a period of 300 weeks.

This agreement was approved by the Industrial Board (now State Board of Workmen’s Compensation) on September 9, 1943, and the…