City of Pembroke v. Jones

Frankum, Judge.

The burden of proof in a workmen’s compensation case is upon the claimant to show that the employee suffered an accidental injury which arose out of and in the course of his employment. Harper v. National Traffic Guard Co., 73 Ga. App. 385 (2) (36 SE2d 842); Hughes v. Hartford Acc. &c. Co., 76 Ga. App. 785, 789 (47 SE2d 143); Wilcox v. Shepherd Lumber Corp., 80 Ga. App. 71, 73 (1) (55 SE2d 382). In a case brought by a widow to recover compensation on account of the death of her husband, where the evidence shows that the employee died on account of injuries received by him at a…