Gentry v. Lilly Co.

OPINION

McCANLESS, Justice.

Irene Gentry filed her bill against The Lilly Company, the employer of her husband, Ralph Gentry, and against its insur-*253anee carrier, to recover on behalf of her husband’s five dependent minor children and on her own behalf the death benefits provided by the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The Chancellor decreed that when he was killed, Ralph Gentry had deviated from the scope of his employment and that his death was not compensable. He dismissed the complainant’s bill and she has appealed.

Ralph Gentry was a mechanic employed by The Lilly Company to service fork lifts…