Hagewood v. EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

332 S.W.2d 660 (1960)

Mrs. Ellie HAGEWOOD

v.

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 5, 1960.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1960.

Trabue, Sturdivant & Harbison, Nashville, for appellant.

Charles L. Cornelius, W. Ovid Collins, Jr., Nashville, Carl E. Geuther, Wilmington, Del., for appellee.

PREWITT, Justice.

This is a Workmen's Compensation case brought by petitioner, Mrs. Ellie Hagewood, as widow of N.P. Hagewood, who died at his home on November 25, 1958.

The Chancellor, after hearing much proof, dismissed the petition and held that Mr. Hagewood's death did not arise out…