Legal Opinion
Duke v. Pekin Wood Products Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided February 22, 1954No. 5-315PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJ. Seaborn Holt, J.
W. Gr. Duke, while employed by one of the appellees, (Pekin Wood Products Company), on February 23, 1948, between seven and seven-thirty A.M., suddenly collapsed and died shortly thereafter, in a hospital, on the same day. His widow, appellant, sought compensation award under our Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1939, as amended, (now Ark. Stats., 1947, §§ 81-1301 — 81-1349). She based her claim for recovery on the ground that her deceased husband “was afflicted with some pre-existing ailment which the doctors testified they believed was heart trouble. This heart condition had been aggravated by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Triebsch v. Athletic Mining & Smelting CompanySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1951
- Birchett v. Tuf-Nut Garment Manufacturing CompanySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1943
- Scobey v. Southern Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1951
- Farmer v. L. H. Knight Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1952
- Springdale Monument Co. v. AllenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1950
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Bryant Stave & Heading Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1956
- Boyd Excelsior Fuel Company v. McKownSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1956
- Bagwell v. Falcon Jet Corp.Court of Appeals of Arkansas · 1983
- O. K. Processing, Inc. v. ServoldSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- Foster v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
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