C. E. Peterson & Co. v. Industrial Board

Henry Knaak died on December 6, 1914, and on the application of his administrator a committee of arbitration made an award under the Workmen’s Compensation act against C. E. Peterson & Co. which the Industrial Board sustained and the circuit court of Cook county on a writ of certiorari confirmed. This writ of error is prosecuted by C. E. Peterson & Co. to reverse the judgment.

The deceased, who was seventy years old, had worked for Peterson & Co. for several years running a coring saw, and his place of work was on the second floor of its factory. His last day’s work was done on November 23,…