Flint River Mills v. Henry

Hill, Justice.

This appeal comes to us upon a petition for injunction and declaratory judgment.

On December 10,1973, Curtis Henry, an employee of Flint River Mills, suffered an accidental injury which arose out of and in the course of his employment and which caused his death.

At the time of death the deceased employee had six natural children under age 18. Their mother had died in 1971 and these children were living with their maternal grandmother in a home being purchased by their father. Aside from their deceased mother’s social security benefits, the deceased employee was the sole source of…