Estate of Stovall v. A. Deweese Lumber Co.

On March 23, 1951, Ernest Dewey Stovall was killed on the premises of the A. Deweese Lumber Company in Neshoba County when he was assisting Johnny McKinnion in unloading a truck load of logs and one of the logs fell on him. Claim for compensation under the workmen’s compensation act was filed on behalf of the widow and minor child of the deceased against the A. Deweese Lumber Company and its insurance carrier, Consolidated Underwriters, predicated upon the ground that the deceased at the time of his death was an employee of the A. Deweese Lumber Company, and that his death arose out of and in…