Alabama Pipe Co. v. Wofford

SIMPSON, Justice.

Suit under the Workmen’s Compensation Law, Code 1940, Tit. 26, § 253 et seq., by appellee for the death of her husband, as an employee of appellant company, allegedly caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment.

The trial court found that the deceased’s death was due to “an accident * * * which arose out of, from, and in the course of his employment * * * by then and there becoming overheated while engaged in the performance of his duties for defendant,” resulting in a heart attack, which was brought on “by the condition of overheating, combined…