L.B. PRICE MERCANTILE CO. v. IND. ACC. COM.

Docket No. L.A. 24439.

49 Cal.2d 13 (1957)

313 P.2d 860

L.B. PRICE MERCANTILE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and ARTIE J. DAVIS, Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 6, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCartney & Hall, Stephen J. Grogan and John L. Struett for Petitioners.

Everett A. Corten and Edward A. Sarkisian for Respondents.


SPENCE, J.

Petitioners seek the annulment of a death benefit award made by the respondent commission in favor of the widow of a deceased employee.

The commission found that the employee sustained injury arising out of and occurring in the course of his employment, resulting in his death on January 5, 1956, and that he left surviving his totally dependent widow who was entitled to the death benefit of $10,000. It awarded that sum to the widow "payable at the...

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