Legal Opinion

Ainsworth v. Long-Bell Lumber Co.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 17, 1958No. 40703PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.

Claude Ainsworth was killed on October 11, 1955, on the premises of LongrBell Lumber Company in Clarke County when a log fell on him while he was unloading logs from a truck. A claim for death benefits under the Mississippi Workmen’s Compensation Act was filed on behalf of the widow and minor child of the deceased against Long-Bell Lumber Company and its insurance carrier, Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York. The claim was predicated upon the ground that at the time of the death of the deceased he was an employee of *41Long-Bell Lumber Company and that Ms death arose out of and in the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Estate of Stovall v. A. Deweese Lumber Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1955

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Smith v. Container General Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Boyd v. Crosby Lumber & Manufacturing Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1964
  3. Wells-Lamont Corp. v. WatkinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
  4. Crump v. FieldsMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
  5. Barq's Bottling Co. v. BroussardMississippi Supreme Court · 1960

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