Paton v. Port Huron Engine & Thresher Co.

The board found that the death of plaintiffs husband, a boiler maker in the employ of the defendant employer, was accidental and arising out of and in the course of the employment. Compensation was awarded. Defendants here contend that as a matter of law the proofs do not support the; findings and their counsel say that this case falls within the rule announced in Chaudier v. Stearns & Culver Lumber Co., 206 Mich. 433.

“Where two inferences equally consistent with the facts arise out of established facts, one involving liability on the part of the employer under the act, and the other…