Travelers Ins. Co. v. Dudley

Mm Chiee Justice Green

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit was brought by the widow of an employee of Dyersburg against the city’s insurer to recover compensation for her husband’s death said to have been occasioned by an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. There was an award in her favor by the trial court from which defendant insurance company has appealed in error.

The deceased Dudley was employed by the water and light department of the city of Dyersburg as a laborer. The city had not accepted the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act according to…