T. J. Moss Tie Co. v. Rollins

The Chancellor awarded compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Law, Code, Section 6851 et seq., to the petitioners Jennie Rollins and her minor son on the ground that the deceased Emmit Rollins lost his life by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment as a day laborer for the defendant tie company. It is insisted by the defendants that the canse of death of deceased was a matter of conjecture and surmise and therefore no compensation could be allowed.

The record discloses that the deceased was apparently in good health and that he was engaged in loading cross-ties;…