Dewberry v. Carter

ROBERTSON, Justice:

Ruben Carter, employed as a fireman by Reform Lumber Company, was shot and killed by Early B. McMullen, not a fellow-employee, about 1 a. m., June 5, 1966, on a public road, Old Highway 15, which road runs in a northerly direction through the property of Reform Lumber Company.

The boiler room of the lumber company, where Carter worked firing the boiler, was on the east side of the road and just a few feet from it. McMullen pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is now serving his sentence in the' state penitentiary.

Claim was filed with the Workmen’s Compensation Commission by…