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ARGONAUT INS. CO. v. VANATTA

539 S.W.2d 35 (1976)

ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant-Defendant, v. S.E. VANATTA et al., Appellees-Plaintiffs, and American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, Appellee-Defendant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 12, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Francis Stewart, Robert L. Estes, Nashville, for appellant-defendant.

James H. Cummings, Marshall E. Duggin, Woodbury, Dewey W. Pedigo, Nashville, for appellees-plaintiffs.

John R. Rucker, Murfreesboro, for appellee-defendant.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This is an action for workmen's compensation benefits brought on behalf of the dependents of a deceased truck driver, James L. Vanatta. On this appeal the issues are the applicability of the Tennessee workmen's compensation law to the death of decedent, and the effect of a "trip lease" executed by him in connection with the freight delivery which he was making at the time of his death.

The decedent was killed in a single...

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