Westbury v. Heslep & Thomason Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Acting Associate Justice E. H. Henderson.

F. K. Westbury was a carpenter, and was employed by the respondent Heslep & Thomason Company in the construction of a building near the city of Charleston. He sustained an injury by an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. Upon reaching the hospital it was found that he had suffered a heart attack. Four days afterward he died.

The appellant, Mrs. Annie M. Westbury, is his widow and sole dependent. She filed' a claim with the South Carolina Industrial Commission, and the matter came up…