Irwin-Neisler & Co. v. Industrial Commission

Lewis M. Sawyer made application to the Industrial Commission for an award against Irwin-Neisler Co., a corporation, on account of personal injuries. The evidence was heard by an arbitrator, who made an award in favor of the applicant. Upon review the award was confirmed by the Industrial Commission and by the circuit court of Macon county upon certiorari, and the case comes to this court upon writ of error.

Sawyer was a chemist and was in the employ of plaintiff in error in its laboratory in Decatur, Illinois. By the terms of his employment he was entitled to a vacation of one week each year…