Jacques v. Farmers Lumber & Supply Co.

The record in this workmen’s compensation case presents no fact dispute. All of the evidence was either introduced by plaintiff or was the subject of stipulation between the parties. The appeal really presents a single question of law but a proper consideration of the law question makes some statement of the facts necessary.

Ambrose T. Jacques, age fifty-eight, was an employee of the Farmers Lumber & Supply Company of Sioux City, Iowa. His work was spray painting truck bodies eight hours a day for a period of about two years. He worked mostly with red paint and part of the time he wore a mask.…