Cole v. GUILFORD COUNTY AND HARTFORD ACC. & IND. CO.

Under the Workmen’s Compensation Act a compensable death is one which results to an employee from an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. G.S. 97-2(6); Slade v. Hosiery Mills, 209 N.C. 823, 184 S.E. 844; Plemmons v. White’s Service, 213 N.C. 148, 195 S.E. 370.

In our view of this case, it is not necessary to decide the interesting question whether a juror serving during a term of the Superior Court is an employee of the county. Assuming arguendo that Mrs. Cole was such an employee, we are confronted by the query, did the fall which caused her death arise out…