Murphy v. Tremont Lumber Co.

Rayborn H. Murphy was accidentally killed on May 3, 1943, while discharging his duties under written contract with defendant, the Tremont Lumber Company, wherein he agreed and obligated himself to cut, haul and deliver to defendant, pine and hardwood logs of certain grades, dimensions, etc., from a twenty acre tract of land owned by defendant. The widow of the decedent, Mrs. Frankie Mae Murphy, individually and as tutrix of her two children, Harry Dean Murphy and Charles Ray Murphy, aged thirteen and twelve years respectively, instituted this suit against the defendant to recover workmen's…