Sunnyland Contract. Co., Inc. v. Davis

This case is before us on appeal by the Sunnyland Contracting Company, Incorporated, and its insurance carrier from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wayne County affirming an order of the Workmen's Compensation Commission, awarding death benefits under the Mississippi Workmen's Compensation Act to Mrs. Leona Kelly Davis, surviving widow, and the three minor children of William Truman Davis, an employee of the Sunnyland Contracting Company, Incorporated, who died on July 5, 1951, while engaged in the performance of his duties as a member of a drilling crew.

Three witnesses testified on behalf…