Dallas County Pulpwood Co. v. Strange

J. Fred Jones, Justice,

dissent. I do not agree with the majority opinion in this case. As I view the majority opinion, it comes close to nullifying a long line of our previous decisions wherein we have held that the Workmen’s Compensation Act does not call for general accident insurance. See Birchett v. Tuf-Nut Garment Mfg. Co., 205 Ark. 483, 169 S.W. 2d 574; Barrentine v. Dierks Lbr. & Coal Co., 207 Ark. 527, 181 S.W. 2d 485; Conatser v. D. W. Hoskins Truck Service, 210 Ark. 141, 194 S.W. 2d 680, and the many other digested cases, too numerous to mention.

As I view the majority opinion in the…