Shockley v. Morristown Produce & Ice Co.

This is a suit under the Workmen’s Compensation ‘Statute. The facts, as found by the Chancellor, are as follows :

“The complainant, Mrs. Ollie Shockley, is the widow of W. P. Shockley, deceased. Jesse, Joseph and Beaman Shockley, who sue by their next friend, are minor children of W. P. Shockley and Ollie Shockley, and all dependents of W. P. Shockley. The said W.. P. Shockley at the date of his death and prior thereto was employed under contract regularly by defendant Company, and had been for nineteen or twenty years. A part of the business of the defendant corporation was to buy, sell and…