Southwestern Bell Telephone Company v. Nelson

JACKSON, Justice.

Clifford E. Nelson, age 54, and an employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, suffered a heart attack during the afternoon of December 10, 1958, and was dead upon arrival at the hospital at 2:45 P. M. His widow, Thyra Miller Nelson, hereinafter called claimant, filed a claim and was awarded death benefits against the telephone company by the Industrial Court. This proceeding is brought by the telephone company for review.

Telephone company contends that there is no competent evidence reasonably tending to support the finding of the Industrial Court that Mr. Nelson died…