Sweatt v. Marlboro Cotton Mills

Mr. Associate Justice Fishburne

delivered the unanimous Opinion of the Court.

This was a proceeding under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Code 1942, § 7035-1, et seq., initiated by the widow and children of John Sweatt on account of his death, which occurred July 22, 1943. The claim was opposed by Marlboro Cotton Mills, employer, and American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, insurance carrier, who are appealing from the judgment of the Circuit Court affirming an award of the South Carolina Industrial Commission in favor of the widow, Macie Hendricks Sweatt, and Fannie Sweatt Brigman, a…