Tocci v. Albuquerque & Cerrillos Coal Co.

SADLER, Justice.

The principal question for review is whether the trial court erred in declining to release the claimant from the terms of an agreement compromising and' settling a death claim arising under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of New Mexico following the death of her husband after sustaining injuries in the company’s- coal mine at Madrid in this state.

There is no question but that the disability suffered by the husband on September 20, 1938, consisting of a broken hip and other injuries was accidental and arose out of and in the course of his employment. The issue rendering…