American Mut. Li. Ins. Co. v. Louisville N. R. Co.

STAKELY, Justice.

Ingalls Iron Works owned and operated a structural and fabricating plant at Birmingham in June 1942 and employed more than 100 employees among whom was Wilmer L. Warren. The company was under the Alabama Workmen’s Compensation Act, Code 1940, Tit. 26, § 253 et seq. The American Mutual Liability Company was its compensation insurance carrier. On June 26, 1942, Warren was killed while on duty at the plant. He left his widow as his sole dependent. The insurance company acknowledged its liability for the payment of compensation and payments were in process at the time this suit…