Reardon v. City of Austin

Certiorari to review the order of the industrial commission deny: ing the relator compensation for the death of her husband, William H. Reardon.

Reardon ivas in the employ of the defendant city of Austin as a policeman. The other defendant, Travelers Insurance Company, is the city’s insurer. On November 21, 1926, the deceased ivas taking a young man whom he had arrested to the city jail, holding him by the arm. The prisoner broke away and escaped. There were two eyewitnesses to the accident. One says Reardon made a quick grab, slipped on the ice, fell, got up and walked slowly away. The other…