Georgia Casualty Co. v. Martin

G. L. Martin, the husband of the applicant, was employed as a convict guard of Laurens County, and on March 13, 1922, he lost his life as a result of an accidental discharge of a pistol while he was at the convict camp, the place where he was required to perform his duty as a guard at that time. The County of Laurens carried a policy of workmen’s compensation insurance in' the Georgia Casualty Company. It was admitted that this employee was covered by the policy, and the sole question in the case in all the proceedings previously had therein is whether or not the death of the employee arose…