Failing Exploration & Drilling Co. v. Cotton

Supreme Court of Florida December 7, 1943

Failing Exploration & Drilling Co. v. Cotton, 15 So. 2d 907 (Fla. 1943)

153 Fla. 827; 1943 Fla. LEXIS 786

Buford, Terrell, Brown, Thomas, Sebring, Chapman, Adams

Opinion of the Court

*828 BUFORD, C. J.:

As we read the record it fails to show that claimant was dependent of the deceased within the purview of applicable statutes and the law as enunciated by this Court in the case of Panama City Stevedoring Co., Inc., v. Padgett, 149 Fla. 687, 6 Sou. (2nd) 822, and Stone & Stone, et al., v. Scott, et al., 151 Fla. 21, 9 So. (2nd) 168. Cross, et ux, v. Sumter Co. et al., 152 Fla. 864, 13 So. (2nd) 219.

For the reason stated, the judgment should be reversed.

So ordered.

TERRELL, BROWN, THOMAS and SEBRING, JJ., concur. CHAPMAN and ADAMS, JJ., dissent.

Reference

Full Case Name: FAILING EXPLORATION & DRILLING COMPANY, a Corporation, and the TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, v. WALTER B. COTTON and FLORIDA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Status: Published