Trannon v. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co.

KNIGHT, Justice.

The petitioners here, Matthew Trannon, Jr., and Henry Trannon, minor dependent children of Matthew Trannon, Sr., filed their complaint under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, section 7534 et seq. of the Code, against the Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company, seeking to recover of the latter compensation for the death of their father, an employee of the defendant.

The defendant company admitted in its answer that the plaintiffs’ father was killed in one of its mines in Jefferson county by an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment as a driver for said…