Barnes v. Dixie Drilling Co.

The plaintiff brought this suit in her own behalf and in behalf of her three minor children to recover compensation at the rate of $20 per week for a period of 300 weeks, less the sum of $40 compensation paid, and plus funeral expenses of $150. She made her deceased husband's employer, the Dixie Drilling Company, and its insurance carrier, Associated Indemnity Corporation, parties to the suit. An exception to the jurisdiction of the court ratione personae was filed by the Drilling Company, which exception was sustained by the court, and that defendant has passed out of the case.

Plaintiff…