Estate of Bardwell v. Perry Timber Co.

This case is before us on appeal by Mrs. Nora Mae Bardwell, surviving widow, and the three minor children of Willie M. Bardwell, deceased, from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Lincoln County affirming an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission, denying the appellants’ claims for workmen’s compensation benefits under the Mississippi Workmen’s Compensation Act, Chapter 354, Laws of 1948, and amendments thereto.

The record shows that the deceased, Willie M. Bard-well, was fatally injured in an accident which occurred about three o’clock p. m. on August 29, 1952, at the Laird sawmill,…