Glenn v. Columbia Silica Sand Co.

Legge, Justice.

Colie B. Glenn, an employee of Columbia Silica Sand Company, died on April 4, 1958, of silicosis. He had been in the employ of that company for about ten years, during the last four of which he worked in the drying room, where the sand is dried by heat and is screened for removal of trash and for grading. On September 30, 1957, he was hospitalized, diagnosis on his admission disclosing fever, asthmatic bronchitis,' and persistent nosebleed. While in the hospital; x-ray examination of his chest resulted in diagnosis, for the first'time,'of silicosis. The record before us…