VALLEY TOWING COMPANY v. Allen

This case is before us on appeal by Valley Towing Company, and its insurance carrier, from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Washington County, affirming an order of the Mississippi Workmen’s Compensation Commission, awarding death benefits to the appellee as surviving widow of Emory Allen, a deceased employee of the Valley Towing Company, whose death occurred on April 24, 1957.

The record shows that the appellant, Valley Towing Company, is a partnership engaged in the business of transporting crude oil, and other petroleum products and materials from Galveston, Texas, by way of the…