Baker v. Slaughter

Grieein Smith, Chief Justice.

Workmen’s Compensation Commission, in a death claim, determined that the decedent had not sustained an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of his employment and declined to make an award. This occurred after a single commissioner had approved the demand, but the approving commissioner joined the other two in the final action. Circuit court reversed, believing there was no substantial evidence to support the commission’s order.

W. J. Slaughter’s death occurred Tuesday morning, April 18, 1950. The employer’s son, Macel Baker, a civil engineer, was…