Meldrum v. Southard Feed & Mill Co.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court affirming an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission in favor of the widow of one Charles B. Meldrum, who, it is claimed, died of an accidental injury received by him in the course of his employment with the defendant, Southard Feed & Mill Company.

It is insisted by the appellants that there is not sufficient competent evidence in the record to sustain the finding of the commission that the deceased- suffered personal injury or death by accident within the meaning of the Compensation Act.

The claim filed before the commission…