Miller v. Southern Machine & Iron Works

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case; and the question is whether the claim for death benefits and funeral expenses was filed within proper time. The Referee, the Full Commission, and the Circuit Court held that such claim was barred; and the claimant prosecutes this appeal.

Myron P. Miller (husband of the claimant-appellant, Mrs. Ruth Miller) was employed by the Southern Machine and Iron Works, and on September 5,1961, he suffered a heart attack while at work. He was promptly hospitalized but died in the hospital on October 5,1961. The death certificate…