Pratt v. Seis-Tech Exploration Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

In this workmen’s compensation case the district court granted an award to the dependent wife and three minor children of Stanley M. Pratt, deceased, whose death occurred on February 11, 1964, resulting from a coronary occlusion. The sole issue presented is whether there was substantial evidence to support the district court’s finding that the decedent’s death resulted from a personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment.

Stanley M. Pratt had been employed many years by Seis-Tech Exploration Company, Inc., as…