Buggs v. United States Rubber Co.

The Opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Associate Justice Stukes :

The respondent in this appeal is the mother and sole next-of-kin of Chris Buggs, deceased, former employee of appellant, self insurer under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Act July 17, 1935, 39 St. at Large, p. 1231.

Buggs was employed in appellant’s cotton mill at Winnsboro where his duties included the handling of baled and loose cotton. The testimony taken before the commissioner tends to show that on March 31, 1941, he was atóp a bale engaged with others in piling the cotton, bale on bale, when, the one on which he…