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WATSON v. SAM KNIGHT MINING LEASE

No. 5896.

78 Ariz. 114 (1954)

276 P.2d 536

Edna Lorraine WATSON, a Widow, in the Matter of Morris Miller Watson, Deceased, Petitioner, v. SAM KNIGHT MINING LEASE, Inc., Defendant Employer, and the Industrial Commission of Arizona, Defendant Insurance Carrier, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

November 15, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Hubert Smith, Phoenix, for petitioner.

Donald J. Morgan, Phoenix, for respondent, The Industrial Commission of Arizona.

John R. Franks, Robert E. Yount and Robert K. Park, Phoenix, of counsel.

LA PRADE, Justice.

Certiorari to the Arizona Industrial Commission.

By this proceeding we are asked to review an award of the Commission denying petitioner's claim for death benefits provided in the Workmen's Compensation Act. A.C.A. 1939, § 56-901 et seq. The Commission, by its award, found that the deceased husband and employee had died July 1, 1953, "as a result of acute heart failure due to heat exhaustion" — "not the result of an injury by...

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