Linn v. Terrell Compress & Warehouse Co.

This is a suit by the widow of a deceased employee for compensation at the rate of $20 a week for 300 weeks and for funeral expenses in the sum of $150.' The defendant denied liability upon the ground that plain tiff’s deceased husband’s death was in no way connected with his employment. There was judgment below in defendant’s favor, and plaintiff bas appealed.

The circumstances surrounding tbe death of John Linn, plaintiff’s husband, are as follows: On the 12th day of November, 1930, while working as a middleman in the press gang crew of the Terrell Compress & Warehouse Company, Inc., he…